Synonyms: few
Definition: a small elite group
Usage: it was designed for the discriminating few
Similar words: elite, elite group
Definition: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Synonyms: few
Definition: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
Usage: 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
Similar words: a couple of, a few
Definition: more than one but indefinitely small in number
Usage: a few roses; a couple of roses
Similar words: hardly a
Definition: very few
Usage: hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous date and year