not as many
A smaller number
Not as many indicates a smaller quantity when comparing countable things: There were not as many people at the party as last year.
It's the countable equivalent of "not as much," which applies to mass nouns.
Often shortened to not as many as you'd think or not as many as before when the comparison point is implied.
- fewerSmaller in number
- lessA smaller amount
- scarceIn short supply
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- few and far betweenRarely encountered, widely spaced
thin on the ground · dwindling · diminished · reduced · running low · lacking · shortage · in short supply · scant · meager · slim pickings · handful · couple · rare · hard to come by · limited · insufficient · depleted
quantity comparison
not as manymore
Additional quantity
more than enough · exceeding · outnumbering · surplus · additional