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few

Few is a word for a small, non-specific number. A few is somewhere between a couple and a whole bunch.

When you say you're going to have a few fries, you'd better not eat the whole order — a few is a tiny number. It takes more than a few people to play basketball, though they could probably play two-on-two. This is one of many words for amounts that aren't specific, like a bunch, a load, or a bit. If someone refers to the few, they're talking about an elite, special group, like "The few. The proud. The Marines."

DEFINITIONS OF: few

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adj 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”
Synonyms
a couple of, a few
more than one but indefinitely small in number
hardly a
very few
fewer
(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
some
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
Antonyms:
many
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
galore
in great numbers
many a, many an, many another
each of a large indefinite number
legion, numerous
amounting to a large indefinite number
some
relatively many but unspecified in number
umpteen, umteen
innumerable but many
more
(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number
some
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
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n a small elite group

“it was designed for the discriminating few”
Type of:
elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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