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Synonyms for fewer
ˈfyu ərfew·er

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. feweradjective

    (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

    "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late"

    Antonyms:
    more(a)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fewer":

    less, least, smaller, minus, lower, lesser

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#535less
#710least
#1104lower
#3083smaller
#5831fewer
#7996minus
#8734lesser

How to use fewer in a sentence?

  1. Richard Isaacson:

    In this study, a twofold increase in physical activity was equivalent to about 2.75 fewer years of processing speed aging in women, further, each extra cognitive activity corresponded to 13 fewer years of processing speed aging on average between women and men.

  2. Baij Nath Rai:

    High-tech mining will mean fewer job opportunities for labourers and no job guarantee for existing employees, we strongly protest this, and have already taken up the issue with the government. They will not dare do anything if there is a strong protest.

  3. Gavin Andresen:

    Fewer than many people think.

  4. Whitney Rice:

    Those sorts of structural environments tend to go hand in hand, states with highly restrictive abortion environments also generally have fewer policies supporting health and well being of pregnant people, as well as their children and their families.

  5. Brett Ward:

    The new attendance policy is even more strict than the one that most people think is too harsh already, the steps toward discipline are fewer and it's easy for people to get into trouble, and could lead to firing.


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