Antonyms of adj fewer

1 sense of fewer

Sense 1
fewer (vs. more) -- ((comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late")

more(prenominal) (vs. fewer) -- ((comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we have no more bananas"; "more than one")

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 fewer

1 sense of fewer

Sense 1
fewer (vs. more) -- ((comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late")
       => less -- ((nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less")
          Also See-> few#1; less#1

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

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