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Definition of few:

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; - indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

Synonyms:

in the minority, sporadic, hardly a, less, infrequent, several, hardly any, a small number of, seldom, a couple of, scarcely any, not too many, scant, a few, widely spaced, straggling, scattered, thin, rare, few and far between, any, some, inconsiderable.

few (part of speech: adjective)
- minimum,
- little,
- sparse,
- negligible,
- scarce,
- niggardly,
- minimal,
- scanty,
- miserly,
- insufficient,
- spotty
little (part of speech: adjective)
- compact,
- scanty,
- little,
- short,
- succinct,
- brief,
- concise,
- narrow,
- puny,
- small,
- minute,
- low,
- paltry,
- delicate,
- diminutive,
- meager

Usage examples:

It's only a few years."

- "Jane Cable", George Barr McCutcheon.
Charley will be here in a few minutes.

- "By Right of Purchase", Harold Bindloss.
No, very few men.

- "The Reckoning", Robert W. Chambers.