FISTFUL Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

fistful

noun

ˈfist-ˌfu̇l

Definition of fistful

as in loads

a considerable amount repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money

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Recent Examples of fistful Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes Is there anything more satisfying than adding a fistful of fresh blueberries to your pancake batter? — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026 These handhelds are loaded with three Chicken Fingerz, fixings, and sauce for a fistful of flavor to satisfy big cravings. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026 Somewhere on the seafloor off eastern Australia, an octopus gathers a fistful of silt, repositions its siphon between its rear arms and jets the material straight into the body of another octopus nearby. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026 These were the Apple Watch, Oura Ring and Natural Cycles’s own NC° Band, but now a fistful of Garmin watches can be used too. — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fistful

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Noun

The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

The advance notice allowed Baugh and his colleagues to alert dozens of grooms living in the barns to evacuate before the flood reached them.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
The ruling allowed Oregon and dozens of other Western localities to limit where individuals living in cars, parks and other encampments stayed.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozen

Noun

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1979, Gray returned to music photography — shooting a slew of album covers and, in the early 1980s, serving as Michael Jackson’s personal photographer at a time when the singer was breaking out as a solo act.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of slew

Noun

Chicago has been considered the candy capital of the world for a good chunk of its history.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
In lieu of industry success, Hall spent large chunks of the past three decades living, performing, and otherwise working in obscurity in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and other parts of East Asia.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of chunk

Noun

Halo’s deep problems won’t be fixed overnight, and throwing a bunch of hard-working developers to the curb certainly won’t help.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The 35-year-old model shared a bunch of photos on Instagram, leading with a mirror selfie in a plunging black one-piece swimsuit featuring a dramatic neckline and high-cut sides.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunch

Noun

Hours later, a group of rescuers in hard hats were using poles stripped from trees to poke at the huge pile of rubble.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pile

Noun

Earlier this month, the Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products, beginning with substantial quantities of diesel after the fuel’s price hit a record high in the United States.

— Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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