Synonyms of handful

handful

noun

ˈhan(d)-ˌfu̇l 

as in few

a small number

only a handful of people signed up for the wintertime hike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• few
• couple
• scatter
• smattering
• scattering
• sprinkling
• sprinkle
• minority
• smatter
• fragment
• grain
• modicum
• shred
• molecule
• atom
• jot
• whit
• iota
• particle
• tittle
• scrap
• crumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• many
• thousands
• most
• loads
• multitude
• majority
• army
• crowd
• host
• flock
• horde
• mountain
• legion
• zillion
• scads
• gazillion
• plenty
• oodles
• jillion
• surplus
• kazillion
• excess
• abundance
• lot
• quantity
• slew
• pile
• wealth
• stack
• mass
• deal
• heap
• raft
• pot
• reams
• profusion
• wad
• plenitude
• peck
• gobs
• much
• slather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handful

Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Samsung, and Salesforce are only a handful of the entities whose access secrets were exposed. — ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

The same goes for Congressman Mike Quigley, whose 5th Congressional District snakes from the North Side of Chicago into a handful of southwest Lake County communities. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

The drugmaker filed a handful of lawsuits against US businesses, many in Texas, that sell retatrutide products illegally. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Only a handful of people on the old Air Force One knew what was happening, the senior administration official said. — Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026