Few

/fjuː/

Synonyms for "few" (77 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

Determiner(6 words)
a fewa small numberhandfulleast communal livinglimitedlimited number
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (23)

Determiner(1 words)
Determiner(3 words)
many unitsmeager amountnot many
Noun(2 words)
many wayspaar

Related words (38)

Verb(1 words)
qualify a blanket rule
Determiner(6 words)
rarescantscarce amountsmall countsmall numbersparse
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
scant numbersmall remnant population

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

11 entries
a handfulhandfullow countsrarerare casesscant amountscarcesmall countssmatteringsparsetrifling number

Collocations

12 entries
a fewfew and far betweenfew choicesfew cluesfew data pointsfew ideasfew minutesfew opportunitiesfew optionsfew peoplefew resourcesfew students

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

5 entries
a couple ofa fewfewerhardly asome

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.

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It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

Source: tatoeba (1617)

Will you listen to me for a few minutes?

Source: tatoeba (6088)

You will find it stated a few pages further on.

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