fistful

noun

fist·​ful ˈfist-ˌfu̇l 

1

: handful

a fistful of coins

2

: a considerable number or amount

a whole fistful of musicians

—Thomas Lask

Synonyms

• abundance
• barrel
• basketful
• boatload
• bucket
• bunch
• bundle
• bushel
• carload
• chunk
• deal
• dozen
• gobs
• good deal
• heap
• hundred
• lashings [chiefly British]
• lashins
• loads
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mountain
• much
• multiplicity
• myriad
• oodles
• pack
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plateful
• plenitude
• plentitude
• plenty
• pot
• potful
• profusion
• quantity
• raft
• reams
• scads
• sheaf
• shipload
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• store
• ton
• truckload
• volume
• wad
• wealth
• yard

Examples of fistful in a Sentence

She has won a fistful of awards.

repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money

Recent Examples on the Web

But, unlike many other celebrity spirits projects, these two are heavily involved, and their whiskeys have garnered a fistful of prestigious awards since their launch in 2021. —Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024

In other words, complex carbs, like sweet potatoes and legumes, fill you up and energize you for longer than, say, a fistful of Tootsie Rolls. —Julia Ries, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2024

Stall-holders sold ‘Deutscher Meister’ (German champions) 2024 T-shirts every few hundred yards and fans bought them in fistfuls. —Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024

This led me to start exploring holistic treatments: acupuncture, fertility-boosting diets and supplements by the fistful. —Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1