few

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. not many, little; scant[y], meager, scarce, rare; infrequent; several, two or three, hardly any. See rarity. Ant., many.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. not many, scarcely any, hardly any, less, sparse, scant, scanty, thin, scattered, straggling, widely spaced, inconsiderable, negligible, infrequent, sporadic, not too many, a few, a couple of, a small number of, some, any, scarce, rare, seldom, few and far between, in the minority; see also rare 2 , several 1 .

Ant. many*, numerous, innumerable.

pron.

Syn. not many, a small number, a handful, scarcely any, hardly any, not so many as one might expect, not too many, several, some, a scattering, a number that can be counted on one's fingers, three or four, a couple, a sprinkling, a smattering, a minority.

Ant. many*, a multitude, a Great many.

• quite a few,

Syn. several, some, many, a large number; see plenty , several .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

some, a number, a handful, several, a bunch.

II

a.

not many, scant, scarce, rare, negligible, skimpy, sparse, thin, meager, limited, infrequent.

ANT.: many, innumberable, countless