Antonyms for handful
ˈhænd fʊlhand·ful

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1. handfulnoun

   Synonyms:
   handsbreadth, handbreadth, fistful

2. handfulnoun

   As much as the hand will grasp or contain. - Joseph Addison

   Synonyms:
   handbreadth, fistful, handsbreadth

3. handfulnoun

   A hand's breadth; four inches.

   Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. - Francis Bacon

   Synonyms:
   handsbreadth, handbreadth, fistful

4. handfulnoun

   A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.

   This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. - Fuller

   Synonyms:
   fistful, handsbreadth, handbreadth

5. handfulnoun

   Something which can only be managed with difficulty.

   Those twins are a real handful to look after.

   Synonyms:
   fistful, handbreadth, handsbreadth

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. handful, smatteringnoun

   a small number or amount

   "only a handful of responses were received"

   Synonyms:
   smattering, fistful

2. handful, fistfulnoun

   the quantity that can be held in the hand

   Synonyms:
   smattering, fistful

How to use handful in a sentence?

1. Michael Fallon:

   Some 100 left during the course of the training by agreement with the Libyan authorities, the remainder have all now been returned properly to Libya, apart from five who remain in custody and a very small handful who have claimed asylum.

2. Bruce Banerdt:

   We do not believe that this is a fundamentally difficult problem, given enough time to systematically investigate and resolve it, the French space agency estimates that a handful of months should suffice, although we will probably take a little longer to make sure there aren't any further subtle problems hiding in the wings.

3. John Buttolph:

   I felt I had to take what was a handful of seed corn and plant it and nurture and grow another crop or cycle of Mrs. Winner’s.

4. Ken Perkins:

   If you are sitting in the mall and you are watching all the stores closing around you, it has to be disheartening, but there are a handful of big box stores that will be able weather any downturn. They have the capital to pick up market share as others struggle.

5. Mike Lippert:

   In the short-term, people have been hiding out in a handful of names, sooner or later we will get a real economic recovery and from that point the stocks that were thrown out will lead the market.

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