Synonyms of few

few 1 of 2

adjective

as in limited

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limited
• countable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• many
• numerous
• multiple
• multitudinous
• countless
• legion
• several
• innumerable
• multiplex
• numberless
• some
• unnumbered
• untold
• uncountable
• beaucoup
• multifold

few

2 of 2

noun

as in handful

a small number

a few of the songs on the album are good, but most are forgettable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handful
• couple
• smattering
• scatter
• scattering
• sprinkling
• sprinkle
• smatter
• minority
• fragment
• jot
• molecule
• modicum
• whit
• shred
• grain
• atom
• particle
• iota
• tittle
• scrap
• crumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• many
• thousands
• most
• loads
• multitude
• crowd
• host
• majority
• army
• flock
• mountain
• horde
• legion
• zillion
• gazillion
• plenty
• scads
• oodles
• jillion
• kazillion
• surplus
• excess
• abundance
• lot
• quantity
• slew
• wealth
• pile
• deal
• stack
• raft
• mass
• heap
• pot
• profusion
• reams
• plenitude
• wad
• peck
• gobs
• much
• slather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of few

Adjective

The festival used to host more than 2000 acts over a period of a few days, but has leveled off to closer to 1000. —Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025

Reed has spoken in the past few days about being targeted by thousands of death threats from Jackson fans as a result of making the documentary. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025

Parton issued a statement a few days after his death thanking fans for their support. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025

That’s 10 fewer people killed when compared with 2024. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025

Phrases Containing few

• few and far between
• quite a few