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Wiktionary2.0 / 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 Antonyms3.9 / 7 votes

  1. few

    Synonyms:
    scant, rare, lacking

    Antonyms:
    many, abundant, numerous

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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 Contribution0.0 / 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 Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. fewadjective

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

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How to use few in a sentence?

  1. Tudor Dixon:

    A successful weekend honestly is just to bring any money in right now. This race is going to be a very expensive race, we've already had quite a few donors commit to us, that's a huge deal in a race against someone like Gretchen Whitmer who has so much support. She was just given another nod by President Biden.

  2. Justin Bieber:

    I turned a lot of people off over the past few years, but I know I can still turn out good music and turn everything all around.

  3. Gary Walters:

    The fact that there's been a series of changes over the last few years is a reflection of how society is changing and how that office is changing too.

  4. President Trump:

    Listen, the polls are wrong, John. The polls are manipulated. The polls just arent accurate. And I dont think anybody would say that Joe Biden has any enthusiasm going into the next few months, he just doesnt he doesnt have enthusiasm. He doesnt have support. He cant do the rallies. He cant get people to show up for him.

  5. Abubakr Ali:

    Every five minutes I'm in tears about the support and joy I've received the past few days from both my community and other communities whose voices have also been excluded from this industry.


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