Handful
Handful noun - A small number.
Intelligent and handful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intelligent" instead an adjective "Handful".
Nearby Word: hand
Intelligent
Intelligent adjective - Having or showing quickness of mind.
Handful and intelligent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handful" instead an adjective "Intelligent".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Uplifted Animal: Fekk Dragons are usually barely intelligent enough to learn only a handful of words, and if one of those is "Food" it's all they'll ever say.
Source: Webcomic / Drive -
Subverted in the sense that they appear intelligent (and for all intents and purposes ARE intelligent on more than a handful of levels) but Dury wrote for the common man so expected everyone to understand at least something.
Source: Viewers Are Geniuses - The only exception is the Plane of Fear, where a handful of nonhuman beings are intelligent, but none of them have anything resembling a culture or civilization.
Source: Absent Aliens
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