Synonyms for few
fyufew

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. fewpronoun

   Antonyms:
   many

2. fewpronoun

   The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

   Antonyms:
   many

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.9 / 7 votes

1. few

   Synonyms:
   scant, rare, lacking

   Antonyms:
   many, abundant, numerous

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fewadjective

   a small elite group

   "it was designed for the discriminating few"

   Antonyms:
   many another(a), numerous, umpteen, umteen, legion(p), many, some(a), many an(a), many a(a), galore(ip)

2. fewadjective

   a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number

   "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"

   Antonyms:
   many an(a), numerous, many a(a), umteen, some(a), legion(p), galore(ip), umpteen, many, many another(a)

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paucaladjective

   a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to

   some languages also have a dual, trial and paucal number

   Submitted by guillermoallen on October 2, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. fewadjective

   Synonyms:
   not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "few":

   little, several, rare, bit, scarce, couple, some, certain, limited, pocket, shortly, low, small, short, scant, uncommon, iittle

Suggested Resources

1. FEW

   What does FEW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FEW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce few?

How to say few in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use few in a sentence?

1. Gilles Dagenais:

   Our report found cancer to be the second most common cause of death globally in 2017, accounting for 26% of all deaths. But as (heart disease) rates continue to fall, cancer could likely become the leading cause of death worldwide, within just a few decades.

2. Danielle Fishel:

   We want to shout it from the rooftops but we know posting about his birth and it's complications opens us up to prying eyes - aka paparazzi staked outside our house, following our every move they way they did several times during my pregnancy, we are much too fragile for that right now and I pray wholeheartedly that we can have some space as we navigate these next few weeks.

3. Joe Neguse:

   Most of the coverage right now and the better part of the last few months has been on process, which of course, makes sense because we are engaged in a complex legislative process to get these bills across the finish line, but that, in some respects obfuscates away from the substance of these incredibly important, consequential pieces of legislation that will have lasting impact on the American people and American families.

4. David Williams:

   In the end we've managed our book well enough to make a few quid but the real story for the bookies was just how enormous the turnover was, never before in our 130-year history have we known a night when betting went through the roof like this.

5. Perry Stimpson:

   We had few guidelines, and the punishment handed to me was both harsh and unfair, it was as if I had been fined for driving at 30 mile per hour along a road 5 years before a 20 mph speed limit had been put in place.