fewer

few-er · determiner

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Definitions

determiner

  1. 1.

    A smaller number of; used with countable nouns to indicate a smaller quantity.

  2. 2.

    (As pronoun) A smaller number of people or things.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    fewer and fewer — a progressively decreasing number
  • •
    no fewer than — at least (emphasizing a surprisingly large number)

Related words

Antonyms: greater, more
See also: few, less, more
Synonyms: less (informal), not as many

Etymology

Comparative form of few, from Old English feawa ("few, not many"). Related to Latin paucus ("few, little") and Greek pauros ("small").