fewer
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fewer
- /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -uːə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English fewere, equivalent to few + -er.
determiner fewest
- comparative degree of few; a smaller number. Fewer women wear hats these days.
- Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer Leaving from my home in Alameda, the heavily BART-assisted journey took fewer than five hours round trip.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: less, age, below, bit, iess, least, lesser, little, lower, lowest, menos, minimum, minus, moins, more, narrower
Translations
Talk about this word "fewer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fewer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fewer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fewer "fewer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fewer.Cite this
@misc{fewer_2026,
title = {fewer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fewer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
