Associations to the word «Few»
Noun
- Exception
- Handful
- Scrap
- Minute
- Millimeter
- Centimeter
- Mention
- Susceptibility
- Second
- Month
- Multitude
- Cite
- Mic
- Pace
- Week
- Kilometre
- Name
- Kilometer
- Away
- Mouthful
- Aristocracy
- Hour
- Moment
- Tenth
- Tyranny
- Familiar
- Fragmentary
- Countryman
- Yard
- Posterity
- Inch
- Khz
- Calorie
- Toil
- Inflorescence
- Chosen
- Meter
- Decade
- Day
- Mile
- Numeral
- Rancher
- Few
- Luxury
- Follower
- Microorganism
- Masse
- Terran
- Ev
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
FEW, pronoun. Few people, few things.
FEW, proper noun. (British) The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, adjective. (idiomatic) Rare and scarce.
Dictionary definition
FEW, noun. A small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few".
FEW, 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.