Synonyms for few
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1. fewpronoun

   Antonyms:
   many

2. fewpronoun

   The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

   Antonyms:
   many

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1. few

   Synonyms:
   scant, rare, lacking

   Antonyms:
   many, abundant, numerous

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1. fewadjective

   a small elite group

   "it was designed for the discriminating few"

   Antonyms:
   many another(a), numerous, umpteen, umteen, legion(p), many, some(a), many an(a), many a(a), galore(ip)

2. fewadjective

   a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number

   "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"

   Antonyms:
   many an(a), numerous, many a(a), umteen, some(a), legion(p), galore(ip), umpteen, many, many another(a)

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1. paucaladjective

   a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to

   some languages also have a dual, trial and paucal number

   Submitted by guillermoallen on October 2, 2022  

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1. fewadjective

   Synonyms:
   not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any

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1. List of paraphrases for "few":

   little, several, rare, bit, scarce, couple, some, certain, limited, pocket, shortly, low, small, short, scant, uncommon, iittle

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo:

   I ’m a unique player so it’s good coming here, i beat all records there so I want to beat a few records here as well.

2. Simon Li:

   We sent out a request, and literally, in 36 hours, we had at least a thousand people who were interested, and then in another 24 hours, it was a few hundred more, in the end, we had more than 1,500 people who wanted to volunteer their children for our trial.

3. Anwar Kazmi:

   The death toll from the heat wave has now crossed over 1,000 mark. These deaths have mainly taken place at government-run hospitals and few major private hospitals, there are lots of unreported deaths at small private hospitals.

4. Emmanuel Cau:

   We expect global activity, consumer activity and retail sales to be more positive over the next few months.

5. Jeb Bush:

   The whole world vibrates and you're a few miles away and there's a lagoon in between you and the launch, and the light shines on the lagoon and there are like thousands of fish that are jumping because of the vibrations.