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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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Few of the possible candidates have the potential to excite Black voters the way Harris does, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Few had succeeded in replicating them outside the region until places like Starship Bagel came along and shattered New Yorkers’ long-held belief that great bagels could only come from their own backyard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Few have had a better view of the development of cricket's 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi than former England all-rounder Mike Yardy.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Jacobs is the author of “How to Make a Few Billion Dollars” and “How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars.”

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Few of the overreaches, but not none: Cahokia was a glaring exception.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann