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handful

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Synonyms & Antonyms of handful

a small number

only a handful of people signed up for the wintertime hike

Synonyms for handful

couple,
few,
scatter,
scattering,
smatter,
smattering,
sprinkle,
sprinkling

Words Related to handful

minority

atom,
crumb,
fragment,
grain,
iota,
jot,
modicum,
molecule,
particle,
scrap,
shred,
tittle,
whit

Near Antonyms for handful

majority,
most

abundance,
excess,
plenty,
surplus

deal,
gobs,
heap,
lot,
mass,
much,
peck,
pile,
plenitude,
plenty,
pot,
profusion,
quantity,
raft,
reams,
slather,
slew,
stack,
wad,
wealth

Antonyms for handful

army,
crowd,
flock,
gazillion,
horde,
host,
jillion,
kazillion,
legion,
loads,
many,
mountain,
multitude,
oodles,
scads,
thousands,
zillion

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The first known use of handful was before the 12th century

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