not much

idiom

1

: to not be very good, important, or impressive

The food wasn't much.

2

: a small amount of (something)

That wasn't much help.

There isn't much difference between the two.

There's not much food in the house.

Examples of not much in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Collins, a South Boston Democrat, suggested that there’s not much of a path in the Senate for the Rush amendment that mirrors the mayor’s tax shift legislation. —Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026

Moore proved that less is more, highlighting her features with a glowing complexion, subtly contoured cheekbones, gloss on her lips, and not much else. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026

And there’s not much evidence yet on how exactly to steer chatbot responses for non-product information. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026

Those cars are also all approaching (and, many say, surpassing) the upper limits of taste and reason, since race trucks have more power, but not much more. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for not much

• nonesuch
• retouch
• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• mutch
• such
• touch
• insomuch
• overmuch