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Definitions for Few

[1] not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
[2] (used with a plural verb ) a small number or amount: Send me a few.
[3] the few, a special, limited number; the minority: That music appeals to the few.
[4] (used with a plural verb ) a small number of persons or things: A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
[5] few and far between , at widely separated intervals; infrequent: In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
[6] quite a few , a fairly large number; many: There were quite a few interesting things to do.
[7] a small number of; hardly any few men are so cruel (as pronoun; functioning as plural ) many are called but few are chosen
[8] (preceded by a) a small number of a few drinks (as pronoun; functioning as plural ) a few of you
[9] a good few informal several
[10] few and far between at great intervals; widely spaced not abundant; scarce
[11] have a few or have a few too many to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks
[12] not a few or quite a few informal several
[13] the few a small number of people considered as a class the few who fell at Thermopylae Compare many (def. 4)

Words related to Few

several, some, petty, minority, less, scanty, slight, lean, middling, short, minute, scattering, minor, trifling, sprinkling, smattering, exiguous, imperceptible, inconsequential

Words nearby Few

feverish, feverous, feverroot, feverweed, feverwort, few, few and far between, few bricks shy of a load, few words, fewer, fewness

Origin of Few

before 900; Middle English fewe, Old English fēawe; cognate with Gothic fawai; akin to Latin paucus few, paulus little, pauper poor, Greek paûros little, few

Other words from Few

o·ver·few , adjective

Word origin for Few

Old English fēawa ; related to Old High German fao little, Old Norse fār little, silent

Synonyms for Few

lean, less, middling, minor, minority, minute, petty, scanty, scattering, short, slight, trifling, exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, meager, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, piddling, rare, scant, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, skimpy, slender, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced