few

Adjective
  1. A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a';
    A small but indefinite number (synset 301557242)
    "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"
    also:
    • 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
    tells us about: multiplicity, numerosity, numerousness - a large number
    similar to:
Noun
  1. A small elite group (synset 108404805)
    "it was designed for the discriminating few"
    is a type of: elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

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