'Few' definitions:
Definition of 'few'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: many]
noun
A small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
Definition of 'Few'
From: GCIDE
- Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. Paucity.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20. [1913 Webster]
- Few know and fewer care. --Proverb. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. [1913 Webster]
- A few, a small number.
- In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
- No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
- The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'few'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cursory,
- depthless,
- footling,
- handful,
- hardly any,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- insignificant,
- least,
- little,
- littlest,
- low,
- lowest,
- meager,
- miniature,
- minim,
- minimum,
- negligible,
- no great shakes,
- not many,
- occasional,
- of small number,
- petty,
- picayune,
- picayunish,
- precious little,
- rare,
- scarce,
- scarcely any,
- scattering,
- seldom,
- shallow,
- short,
- shortest,
- skin-deep,
- slightest,
- small,
- smallest,
- smatter,
- smattering,
- spatter,
- spattering,
- sporadic,
- sprinkling,
- superficial,
- tiny,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- uncommon,
- unfrequent