not much

phrase

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

Obviously, there is not much room in the top 10 at present for anyone who is not either a country star or Ariana Grande. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

Bukele has, rather daringly, embraced Bitcoin as a dollar alternative in El Salvador, although not much has come of it. — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Usually there’s not much truth to those, but in this case there was. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026

The problem is that, having rid itself of its messier elements, Ted Lasso has replaced them with…well, not much of anything, really. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not much

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