Definitions

few

[fyoo] / fju /

ADJECTIVE

hardly any

Synonyms

STRONG

lean less middling minor minority minute petty scanty scattering short slight trifling

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONG

big consequential fat important large major significant tall thick useful

WEAK

many much

PRONOUN

scarcely any

Synonyms

STRONGEST

several some

STRONG

scattering smattering spattering sprinkling

WEAK

not many not too many slim pickings small number smatter

Antonyms

WEAK

many much

Example Sentences

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Few series have understood more clearly that where we eat is often just as revealing as what we eat.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

Few fixtures at World Cup 2026 capture that intersection more completely than the Netherlands against Morocco.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Few advances have won people over so completely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Few films capture the hum of life in all its maddening beauty quite like this one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Few of nature’s ways were mysteries to him.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck