Few

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Amounting to or consisting of a small number: one of my few bad habits.
  • adj. Being more than one but indefinitely small in number: bowled a few strings.
  • n. An indefinitely small number of persons or things: A few of the books have torn jackets.
  • n. An exclusive or limited number: the discerning few; the fortunate few.
  • pronoun. A small number of persons or things: "For many are called, but few are chosen” ( Matthew 22:14).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • determiner. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
  • determiner. Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
  • determiner. (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.
  • determiner. (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
  • pronoun. Few people, few things.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not many; a small number; only a small number.
  • n. Not many; only a small number (of persons or things): in this use properly an adjective, used elliptically as a plural noun, and not preceded by the article.
  • n. A small number; a minority: in this sense preceded by the article a (originally in the plural) or the, with or without a noun following, the noun, if used, expressing the whole of which the few are taken, and being in the partitive genitive, with or without the preposition of: as, a few, or a few members, or a few of the members, dissented.
  • n. A small quantity or portion; a little: followed by a noun (without of) in a construction similar to def. 2 and to that of little, n.
  • n. See II., 3.
  • n. Adv. phr. Somewhat; to some slight extent: often used ironically for a good deal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
  • n. a small elite group
  • Equivalent
    a couple of    a few    hardly a   
    Antonym
    many   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    elite group    élite   
    Cross Reference
    the few    a few    in few    quite a few    a good few   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Fu   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    several    small    important    young    much    little    fine    simple    great    high