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Definitions for Fewer

[1] of a smaller number: fewer words and more action.
[2] (used with a plural verb ) a smaller number: Fewer have come than we hoped.
[3] not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
[4] (used with a plural verb ) a small number or amount: Send me a few.
[5] the few, a special, limited number; the minority: That music appeals to the few.
[6] (used with a plural verb ) a small number of persons or things: A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
[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 Fewer

petty, minority, less, scanty, slight, lean, middling, short, minute, scattering, minor, trifling, exiguous, imperceptible, inconsequential, infrequent, insufficient, meager, negligible, occasional

Words nearby Fewer

feverwort, few, few and far between, few bricks shy of a load, few words, fewer, fewness, fey, feydeau, feynman, feynman diagram

Origin of Fewer

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

Words that may be confused with Fewer

fewer, less, (see, usage, note, at, less)

Other words from Fewer

o·ver·few , adjective

Word origin for Fewer

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

Synonyms for Fewer

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