Synonyms for Handful:

• adj.

  •a small quantity (adjective)
  • smattering,
  • scattering,
  • spattering.
  •strong (adjective)
  • take charge,
  • iron-willed,
  • hardnosed.
  •tough (adjective)
  • no piece of cake,
  • ex acting,
  • in-tractable,
  • no piece cake,
  • up hill,
  • in tractable,
  • ex-acting,
  • up-hill.

• n.

  •
  • an accident waiting to happen,
  • trial,
  • some,
  • bother,
  • a sprinkling,
  • a little,
  • nuisance.
  •
  • boatload,
  • bag,
  • basket,
  • armful,
  • bucket,
  • boxful,
  • dessertspoon,
  • cartload,
  • bucketful,
  • box.
  •
  • minority,
  • hairsbreadth,
  • one or two,
  • group.
  •fewness (noun)
  • fewness,
  • dearth,
  • minimum,
  • insufficiency,
  • paucity,
  • scarcity.
  •fistful (noun)
  • fistful.
  •gob (noun)
  • protuberan.
  •lump (noun)
  • knurls,
  • handfuls,
  • Knurl,
  • tumescence,
  • solids,
  • gob,
  • wedge.
  •quantity (noun)
  • handful.
  •sprinkling (noun)
  • powderings,
  • severals.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rabble-rouser,
  • bogeyman,
  • bad news,
  • alarmist,
  • troublemaker,
  • mischief-maker,
  • ringleader,
  • wrecker,
  • spoilsport.
  •
  • wild card.
  •
  • trouble.
  •twelve
  • dozen.

Paraphrases for Handful:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hand, minority, number, knob, paucity, pair, dozen.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fistful, handhold, bunch, handle, handles, couple, doorknob, hilt, raft.

Antonyms for Handful:

• adj.

  • a small quantity
    lot, mass.

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    flock, zillion, crowd, wad, surplus, thousands, plenty, most, much, profusion, majority, pile, excess, raft, host, loads, mountain, scads, horde, oodles, wealth, slather, gobs, plenitude, stack, many, abundance, heap, quantity, gazillion, multitude, peck, deal, slew, REAMS, army, legion.

Hyponym for Handful:

• n.

  • quantity
    small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity.