Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
few (pronoun, plural in construction)not many persons or things - few were present few of his stories are true
1.
consisting of or amounting to only a small number - one of our few pleasures
2.
at least some but indeterminately small in number - used with a caught a few fish
1.
a small number of units or individuals - a few of them
2.
a special limited number - the discriminating few
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
few (noun)a small number
SYNONIMS:
couple, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinklingRELATED WORDS:
minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whitNEAR ANTONYMS:
majority, most; abundance, excess, plenty, surplus; deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth