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handful

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of handful

a small number

only a handful of people signed up for the wintertime hike

Synonyms of handful

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

Words Related to handful

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

Near Antonyms of handful

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 of handful

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

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