mouthful

Speech parts

1. mouthful - Noun

2. mouthful - Adjective

Meaning

As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

Hence, a small quantity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

taste gob swill slug sip degustation piece bit sample drop spot draft drink touch chip
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

world bonanza abundance rejection refusal denial
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

containerful small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity

Hyponyms

sup bit bite swallow morsel

Phrases with the word

give someone a mouthful you said a mouthful small mouthful in a mouthful

Derivatives

mouthfuls

Examples

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy. Plutarch

In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face. Bill Bryson

Every time the sheep bleats it loseth a mouthful. Italian Proverb

It's a bad mouthful that chokes. Italian Proverb

Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth. Madagascan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mouthfeel mouthfuck mouthfucker mouthful of marbles mouthgasm mouthguard