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fewer.

comparative degree of few; a smaller number.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

det/ˈfjuː.ɚ/US
  1. comparative degree of few; a smaller number.

    comparative · form-of
    Fewer women wear hats these days.
    There are fewer tigers than there were a hundred years ago.
  2. Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer

    hypercorrect
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fewere, equivalent to few + -er.

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