Synonyms 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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. handfulnoun

   Synonyms:
   maniple

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1. List of paraphrases for "handful":

   fistful, handle, handhold, doorknob, hilt, bunch, knob

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1. Chase Carey:

   The reality of today, in most other countries, the number of people affected is a handful, but we don't know what it will be in a week or two.

2. David Payne:

   The Ted Cruz campaign said in response to Manafort's comments : The Cruz campaign's no surprise that Trump's team will lash out with falsehoods when facing a loss to distract from their failure. … We have earned our success by working hard to build a superior organization and are working within the process and rules. Anticipating a fight for every delegate, Ted Cruz was campaigning Monday in California, which holds a delegate-rich primary on June 7. David Payne, a Republican strategist and Vox Global partner, suggested on Monday that Cruz’s efforts to win delegate support will be indispensable if Donald Trump fails to get to 1,237 delegates -- as the candidates would have to compete for them during balloting at an open convention in July. Ted Cruz will be on familiar turf, consider that Ted Cruz is likely to win a handful of the remaining winner-take-all states … coupled with proportional delegate wins for Ted Cruz and Ted Cruz and John Kasich, this makes it mathematically difficult for Donald Trump to win the nomination according to the current convention rules.

3. Probarb:

   Rich people donates a pinch from one hand and picks up handful from other from the pocket of poor. #RealityOfCharity

4. Monsanto President Brett Begemann:

   There are a lot of discussions going on, and only a handful that will come to fruition in the future.

5. Josh Tetrick:

   Our goal is to get below five cents per what we call' egg equivalent' in the next handful of years.