handful Synonyms
Strongest:
- most
- flock
- flock
- thousands
- host
- thousands
- loads
- many
- host
- army
- majority
- loads
- crowd
- army
- multitude
- majority
- multitude
- most
- many
- crowd
Strong:
- legion
- oodles
- zillion
- horde
- horde
- gazillion
- mountain
- excess
- abundance
- excess
- kazillion
- abundance
- jillion
- jillion
- scads
- surplus
- oodles
- gazillion
- plenty
- surplus
- plenty
- mountain
- scads
- legion
- kazillion
- zillion
Weak:
handful Meaning
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.
few, couple,scatter, smattering, sprinkling, scattering, fragment, atom, smatter,sprinkle
most, flock, flock, thousands, host, thousands, loads, many, host, army
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.
