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Wiktionary2.0 / 2 votes

  1. fewpronoun

    Antonyms:
    many

  2. fewpronoun

    The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain

    Many are called, but few are chosen.

    Antonyms:
    many

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.9 / 7 votes

  1. few

    Synonyms:
    scant, rare, lacking

    Antonyms:
    many, abundant, numerous

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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)

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. fewadjective

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

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  1. Nicole Bachaud:

    There is still a large chunk of new construction homes currently under construction, and when those homes hit the market, especially over the next few months, we will see spring home buyers – those who can afford the higher new construction price tags – having more options and opportunities to break into homeownership.

  2. Steve Scalise:

    I had the antibodies but ultimately with this new Delta variant you're seeing, I've toured a lot of hospitals in the last few weeks and you're seeing the cases go up.

  3. Jamie Lynn:

    I just want to take a second to address a few things, the only reason I hadn't before is because I felt like until my sister was able to speak for herself and say what she felt she needed to say publicly that it wasn't my place and it wasn't the right thing to do. But now that she's very clearly spoken and said what she needed to say, I feel like I can follow her lead and say what I feeI I need to say.

  4. Neil Gallant:

    But if this is what it's like now, we really are concerned that over the next few months we're going to get no respite from these sorts of bushfire conditions.

  5. Milan Vaishnav:

    After just a few months of Modi 2.0, they've accomplished two out of three (main cultural objectives). It's quite possible that they will accomplish all three by next year.


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