Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun few
1 sense of few
Sense 1
few -- (a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few")
=> elite, elite group -- (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)
Antonyms of adj few
1 sense of few
Sense 1
few (vs. many) -- (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")
many (vs. few) -- (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people")
=> galore (postnominal) -- (in great numbers; "daffodils galore")
=> many a (prenominal), many an (prenominal), many another (prenominal) -- (each of a large indefinite number; "many a man"; "many another day will come")
=> numerous, legion (predicate) -- (amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion")
=> some (prenominal) -- (relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years")
=> umpteen, umteen -- (innumerable but many)
Similarity of adj few
1 sense of few
Sense 1
few (vs. many) -- (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")
=> a few (prenominal), a couple of (prenominal) -- (more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses")
=> hardly a (prenominal) -- (very few; "hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous date and year")
Also See-> fewer#1; some#1