Definitions

few

[fyoo] / fyu /

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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Yang: We did an audit this year of all the categories from the last few years of doing this.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

You can find a few old photos, from the late 1980s, of Trump and Hogan posing together, when the future president played host to a couple of major WWE events.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

But Sir Alf Ramsey stuck with the man who only made his international debut a few months earlier, and the rest is history.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s thought that the dwelling initially served as Hoult’s primary California base—and he purchased it just a few weeks before welcoming his first child with wife Bryana Holly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

She has very few belongings, but she has managed to keep her little doll Ah Choo through it all.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

few

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