Few

What do we mean by few?

Amounting to or consisting of a small number. adjective

Being more than one but indefinitely small in number. adjective

An indefinitely small number of persons or things. noun

An exclusive or limited number. noun

A small number of persons or things. pronoun

Not many; a small number; only a small number.

Not many; only a small number (of persons or things): in this use properly an adjective, used elliptically as a plural noun, and not preceded by the article. noun

A small number; a minority: in this sense preceded by the article a (originally in the plural) or the, with or without a noun following, the noun, if used, expressing the whole of which the few are taken, and being in the partitive genitive, with or without the preposition of: as, a few, or a few members, or a few of the members, dissented. noun

A small quantity or portion; a little: followed by a noun (without of) in a construction similar to def. 2 and to that of little, n. noun

See II., 3. noun

Adv. phr. Somewhat; to some slight extent: often used ironically for a good deal. noun

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. adjective

A small number. adjective

In a few words; briefly. adjective

Not few; more than a few; many. adjective

The minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority. adjective

An indefinite, but usually small, number of. determiner

Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. determiner

(US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky. determiner

(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated. determiner

Few people, few things.

Words that are spelled similarly to few:
few.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word few:
months, weeks, hundred, days, kilometers, moments, decades, survive, thousand, seconds, hours, miles.

Words that rhyme with few:
to, through, blue, into, do, you, que, view, pursue, hew, purview, review, queue, eschew, accrue, cue, new, true, due, two, screw, coup, rue, slew, revenue, shoe, imbue, crew, too, u, hue, lieu, tissue, skew, ensue, stew, rendezvous, construe, avenue, breakthrough, guru, brew, debut, sue, who, ado, boo, flu, hitherto, strew, woo, overview, shrew, taboo, ewe, yahoo, glue, coo, bamboo, subdue, clue, loo, redo, outdo, undo, tattoo, retinue, poo, undue, pew, spew, thru, askew, adieu, vue, q, ingenue, goo, statue, interview, lulu, dew, barbecue, anew, vu, yew, cuckoo, renew, canoe, xu, emu, residue, chew, shue, gnu, flue, mew, zoo, overdo, roux.

Adjectives that are often used to describe few:
very, crafty, some, how, favoured, 27th, every, first, happy, next, these.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective few:
days, years, minutes, months, weeks, hours, words, moments, people, seconds, men, miles, cases, exceptions, things, examples, feet, times, yards, steps, lines, drops, instances, studies, decades, inches, women, friends, others, questions, persons, places, points, pages, remarks, individuals, dollars, books, species, blocks, pieces, facts, paces, families, sentences, houses, students, trees, observations, details, notes, items, nights, occasions, writers, centuries, pounds, opportunities, degrees, comments, letters, specimens, attempts, articles, generations, passages, americans, fragments, shots, references, paragraphs, suggestions, signs, strokes.

Consonant match to few:
phew.

Words that sound like few:
few, phew, fue, feux, fya, fji, fja, fuu, fiu, fhu, flew, flu, fuel, fuse, feud, fume, fu, foo, fewer, flue, fued, fugue, fuge, fuze, fuc, fou, fune, frew, fude, phu, fru, fews, fsu, afew, a few, f u, frou, off you, fnu, flou, feuer, fuer, feus, fwa, frw, if you, fugh, phua, fuw, fuyu, fwt, view, phooey, vue, fui, vieux, fua, veu, fooi, fuo, viu, e u, aiu, veut, pfui, fea, fia, feo, phia, fio, foa, fha, foya, fii, fhi, pheo, fho, fioe, fee, fay, fe, faux, fae, faye, fai, fah, faw, feh, faa, fao, fau, faugh, faud, fca, faja, -fy, -free, fawe, faia, fco.