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small number
adjective as in handful
Strong matches
Weak match
adjective as in several
Weak matches
- a few
- a lot
- any
- certain
- considerable
- definite
- different
- disparate
- distinct
- divers
- diverse
- handful
- hardly any
- indefinite
- individual
- infrequent
- manifold
- many
- not many
- numerous
- only a few
- particular
- personal
- plural
- proportionate
- quite a few
- rare
- respective
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- separate
- single
- some
- sparse
- special
- specific
- sundry
pronoun as in few
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
In the three weeks since that call to action, a small number of nations, organizations, and companies has answered the call.
Out of the small number of health care workers in the nation, 60 have already been infected.
A shockingly small number of states require sex education to be medically accurate, and free from promotion of religion.
Avni is part of a small number of Israelis who are within the 15-second warning zone.
His first moves were sensible enough, given the small number of his force and the sprawling size of the armory.
And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.
Previous acts and taxes had affected a comparatively small number of colonists and usually only one or two social classes.
A few church schools were organized, but they reached a very small number of children with their enrollment.
Some went from curiosity; some to be in the fashion; comparatively a small number through genuine love for the art.
They presented it at the ministry of war and only a small number were allowed through the gates at a time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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