handful Antonyms
Strongest:
- multitude
- many
- majority
- thousands
- most
- multitude
- loads
- army
- army
- crowd
- most
- crowd
- many
- flock
- flock
- host
- loads
- host
- majority
- thousands
Strong:
- oodles
- gazillion
- legion
- plenty
- jillion
- abundance
- horde
- horde
- surplus
- excess
- kazillion
- gazillion
- zillion
- jillion
- mountain
- excess
- surplus
- legion
- scads
- zillion
- scads
- mountain
- kazillion
- oodles
- abundance
- plenty
Weak:
Meaning of handful
handful (n)
a small number or amount
the quantity that can be held in the hand
handful (n.)
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
A hand's breadth; four inches.
A small quantity.
handful Sentence Examples
- The farmer scooped up a handful of seeds and scattered them across the field.
- The child clutched a handful of colorful candies in her tiny fists.
- The cook measured out a handful of flour for the baking recipe.
- The boy gathered a handful of pebbles and aimed them at the target.
- The librarian cautiously picked up a handful of ancient manuscripts.
- The gardener pulled up a handful of weeds from the flowerbed.
- The artist painted a handful of bold strokes on the canvas.
- The mechanic held a handful of tools as he inspected the car.
- The dancer twirled and jumped, scattering a handful of sequins into the air.
- The salesperson offered customers a handful of samples to try before making a purchase.
FAQs About the word handful
a small number or amount, the quantity that can be held in the handAs much as the hand will grasp or contain., A hand's breadth; four inches., A small quantity.
couple,few, smattering, scattering, sprinkling,scatter, shred, atom, grain, smatter
multitude,many, majority, thousands, most, multitude, loads, army, army, crowd
The farmer scooped up a handful of seeds and scattered them across the field.
The child clutched a handful of colorful candies in her tiny fists.
The cook measured out a handful of flour for the baking recipe.
The boy gathered a handful of pebbles and aimed them at the target.
