Few

Quick meaning: Few is a determiner meaning (preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

Meaning

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

More Meanings

1. (used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
2. (meteorology, of clouds) Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
3. Few people, few things.
4. (meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

Example Sentences

I think he's had a few drinks.

Very few did she have not to go there, did she?

The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too.

Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.

Word Forms

• fewer
• fewest

Synonyms for few

Depending on context, synonyms include little.

Antonyms for few

Common opposites include many.

Related Words

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