not many

Synonyms

some few handful smatter a few fewer fewest

Antonyms

many heaps a good deal

Examples

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas. George Gershwin

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write War and Peace in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling. Stanley Kubrick

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door. Charles Lamb

There are not many who would announce their faults with a gong. Indonesian Proverb

One butcher fears not many sheep. Latin Proverb

Truth needs not many words. Romanian Proverb

Words in the phrase

not many

Close letter words and terms

not mandatory not manual not manually not many years not mapped not markedly