Synonyms for few
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1. fewpronoun

   Antonyms:
   many

2. fewpronoun

   The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

   Antonyms:
   many

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1. few

   Synonyms:
   scant, rare, lacking

   Antonyms:
   many, abundant, numerous

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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)

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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  

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1. fewadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "few":

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

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1. FEW

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How to use few in a sentence?

1. Ash Barty:

   It's disappointing right now. Give me an hour or so, we'll be all good. The sun's still going to come up tomorrow, overall it's been a hell of a trip ... Obviously it's a tough pill to swallow. In the same breath, it's been an incredible few months.

2. Aedin Cassidy:

   Men who regularly consumed foods high in these flavonoids were 10 percent less likely to suffer erectile dysfunction. In terms of quantities, we’re talking just a few portions a week.

3. Harry Souttar:

   World Cup's just great that we're both here, i know John Souttar -LRB- left -RRB- missed out on the Euros a few years ago, which John Souttar -LRB- left -RRB- was absolutely gutted about.

4. Mardan Mamat:

   It means a lot to me, This is my last year of exemption and I needed to play well to keep my card. I wanted to win again to keep my exemption for the next few years.

5. Donald Trump:

   That’s not quite right, but it sure seems undemocratic. And it reeks of the kinds of insider politics that has caused widespread disgust with both parties. I say both parties because, as Donald Trump noted, Bernie Sanders is also getting hosed on the Democratic side. I’ve been concerned in the last few days that the media’s coverage of the presidential race is getting down into the weeds. The issues have mostly been drowned out, and even the state-by-state contests have been overshadowed by endless chatter about delegate math and party procedures. This is the stuff that media and political junkies crave but that civilians start to find incomprehensible. But people get it in their gut when someone is getting screwed. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage Primaries are the fairest way of picking a nominee. Caucuses are more time-consuming and complicated( although at least folks get to vote). And then there are states like Colorado. In March, Colorado held caucuses to pick delegates to a bunch of assemblies and conventions. And those people picked their favorite candidate. Ted Cruz won them all because Ted Cruz people outhustled an error-riddled effort by the Trump camp, and perhaps because the kind of party insiders elected to these gatherings don’t like Donald Trump. ( Yes, Ted Cruz is a hardly an establishment figure, but Ted Cruz’s become the most viable alternative for the GOP’s stop-Trump crowd.) The people out there are going crazy.