Antonyms for few and far between

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fyoo

Phonetic Transcription : fyu

Definition of few and far between

Origin : Old English feawe (plural; contracted to fea) "few, seldom, even a little," from Proto-Germanic *faw-, from PIE root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cf. Latin paucus "few, little," paullus "little," parvus "little, small," pauper "poor;" Greek pauros "few, little," pais (genitive paidos) "child;" Latin puer "child, boy," pullus "young animal;" Oscan puklu "child;" Sanskrit potah "a young animal," putrah "son;" Old English fola "young horse;" Old Norse fylja "young female horse;" Old Church Slavonic puta "bird;" Lithuanian putytis "young animal, young bird"). Always plural in Old English.
Phrase few and far between attested from 1660s. Unusual ironic use in quite a few "many" (1883), earlier a good few (1828). The noun is late 12c., fewe, from the adjective.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. [Winston Churchill, 1940]

As in infrequent : adj not happening regularly
As in nonexistent : adj fictional, not real
As in rare : adj exceptional, infrequent
As in scarce : adj insufficient, infrequent
As in sparse : adj very few and scattered
As in standout : adj rare
As in few : adj hardly any

Synonyms for few and far between

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