A small number

Synonyms for "a small number" (23 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Determiner(4 words)

a couple ofa handfuldeficient few

Noun(1 words)

a few

Strong matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

few clues

Determiner(6 words)

few minutesfew peoplefew problemsfew studentsinadequate infrequent

Related words (11)

Determiner(9 words)

insufficient meager minority rare scant scarce several some uncommon

Noun(2 words)

not manythe few

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

amount determiner frequency group occurrence quantifier quantity set

More specific

14 entries

a few applesa few colleaguesa few pagesa few studentsa handful of coinsa handful of membersfew itemshandful inadequacy intermittent shortagesingle digitssporadic trio

Collocations

16 entries

a small number offew data pointsfew in numberfew minutesfew optionsfew resourcesfew studentsfew studieshandful ofrelatively small numbersmall countsmall groupsmall number ofsmall numberssmall proportionsmall quantity

Inflections

3 entries

fewer fewestsmall numbers

Derivations

6 entries

fewer fewest fewness smaller smallest smallness

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