hatful

1. 1.

   (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   “a batch of letters”

   “a deal of trouble”

   “a lot of money”

   “he made a mint on the stock market”

   “see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos”

   “it must have cost plenty”

   “a slew of journalists”

   “a wad of money”

   Synonymsbatchdealflockgood dealgreat dealheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepassel

   Broaderlarge indefinite quantity

   Narrowerfloodhaymow
2. 2.

   as many or as much as a hat will hold

   Broadercontainerful

Other forms of hatful

plural

hatfuls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hatful

What does hatful mean?

hatful means "(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hatful?

hatful has 2 syllables: hat-ful. The stress falls on "hat".

What is another word for hatful?

Close synonyms include batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hatful a common word?

hatful is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.