Home › Words › T › thimblefulthimblefulthimbleful means as much as a thimble will hold.EtymologyFrom thimble + -ful.nounAs much as a thimble will hold.A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.e.g.““Just the tiniest thimbleful for me,” Annie said, overplaying it, I thought, since she lived on vodka.” — 1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flaskful 70% match — As much as a flask will hold. vs thimbleful →mugful 70% match — As much as a mug will contain. vs thimbleful →gobletful 69% match — As much as a goblet will hold. vs thimbleful →fingerful 69% match — An amount that can be or is held by a finger. vs thimbleful →wineglassful 68% match — As much as a wineglass will hold. vs thimbleful →tinful 67% match — As much as a tin will hold. vs thimbleful →cupful 67% match — The amount necessary to fill a cup. vs thimbleful →saltspoonful 67% match — As much as will fit in a saltspoon. vs thimbleful →