fewer
A smaller count
Fewer is the comparative form of few, used with countable nouns: fewer people, fewer options, fewer than ten items.
Traditional usage guides insist on fewer for things you can count and less for quantities you can't, though in casual speech less often replaces fewer: ten items or less.
To have fewer of something is to have a smaller number of it.
A smaller amount
- smallerOf reduced magnitude
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- limitedRestricted in extent
scant · sparse · meager · handful · minority · scarce · insufficient · inadequate
Deficient supply of necessities
- lackDeficiency or absence
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- deficitAmount still owed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
paucity · want · undersupply · sparsity · rarity · drought · famine · privation
Make less complex
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
- less is moreRestraint creates impact
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
pare down · edit · curate · prioritize · subtract · eliminate · restraint · simplicity
less
A smaller amount
- smallerOf reduced magnitude
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
limited · scant · sparse · meager · handful · minority · scarce · insufficient · inadequate · deficient
decrease
Become or make smaller
diminish · curtail · downsize · trim · prune · pare · limit · restrict · lessen · lower
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · paucity · want · undersupply · sparsity · rarity · drought · famine · privation · shortfall
simplify
Make less complex
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
- less is moreRestraint creates impact
streamline · pare down · edit · curate · prioritize · subtract · eliminate · restraint · simplicity · understatement
- a fewSmall quantity
- quite a fewA considerable number
- few and far betweenRarely encountered, widely spaced
- man of few wordsSomeone who rarely speaks
- a fair fewA moderate amount
- few cards shy of a full deckLacking full mental capacity