Synonyms for specific
spɪˈsɪf ɪkspe·cif·ic

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1. specificadjective

   Antonyms:
   pandemic, generic, general, nonspecific, all-purpose, widespread, broad, universal, general-purpose, unspecific, gross, overall

2. specificnoun

   Antonyms:
   all-purpose, generic, overall, gross, widespread, broad, unspecific, general, pandemic, universal, general-purpose, nonspecific

3. specificnoun

   explicit or definite

   Antonyms:
   broad, widespread, general, gross, nonspecific, unspecific, all-purpose, universal, general-purpose, generic, pandemic, overall

4. specificnoun

   of, or relating to a species

   Antonyms:
   gross, general, pandemic, all-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, universal, general-purpose, generic, nonspecific, overall

5. specificnoun

   pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species

   Antonyms:
   broad, overall, pandemic, general, general-purpose, all-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, generic, widespread, universal, gross

6. specificadjective

   special, distinctive or unique

   Antonyms:
   overall, all-purpose, general-purpose, gross, nonspecific, universal, widespread, generic, pandemic, general, broad, unspecific

7. specificadjective

   Antonyms:
   overall, general-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, pandemic, widespread, general, gross, generic, all-purpose, universal, broad

8. specificadjective

   Antonyms:
   generic, universal, general, all-purpose, pandemic, general-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, gross, nonspecific, overall

9. specificadjective

   Antonyms:
   nonspecific, all-purpose, generic, widespread, broad, universal, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, overall, unspecific, general

10. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    nonspecific, widespread, pandemic, universal, overall, general-purpose, generic, all-purpose, unspecific, general, broad, gross

11. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    unspecific, generic, general, all-purpose, universal, widespread, nonspecific, overall, broad, pandemic, gross, general-purpose

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1. particular, specificnoun

   a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

   "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

   Synonyms:
   particular proposition, item, particular, detail

   Antonyms:
   general, unspecified, gross, general-purpose, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, universal, generic, unspecific, pandemic, broad, overall

2. specificadjective

   a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

   "quinine is a specific for malaria"

   Synonyms:
   particular

   Antonyms:
   general, universal, overall, gross, generic, nonspecific, pandemic, broad, all-purpose, widespread, general-purpose, unspecified, unspecific

3. specificadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

   "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"

   Antonyms:
   general, widespread, pandemic, generic, gross, nonspecific, general-purpose, overall, broad, universal, all-purpose, unspecific, unspecified

4. specificadjective

   stated explicitly or in detail

   "needed a specific amount"

   Antonyms:
   general, nonspecific, all-purpose, universal, unspecific, widespread, unspecified, pandemic, overall, generic, gross, general-purpose, broad

5. specificadjective

   relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

   "specific characters"

   Antonyms:
   general, unspecific, universal, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, generic, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, unspecified, overall, broad

6. specificadjective

   being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

   "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"

   Antonyms:
   general, pandemic, nonspecific, generic, unspecific, overall, gross, widespread, all-purpose, general-purpose, universal, unspecified, broad

Matched Categories

1. • Fact
   • Medicine
   • Pathology

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1. specificadjective

   Synonyms:
   peculiar, particular, especial, characteristic

2. specificadjective

   Synonyms:
   definite, precise, specified

3. specificnoun

   Synonyms:
   special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedy

4. specificnoun

   Synonyms:
   unfailing agent, sure means

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1. specificadjective

   Synonyms:
   definite, precise, specified, characteristic, particular, special

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1. List of paraphrases for "specific":

   concrete, particular, special, precise, certain, accurate, specified, practical, tangible, definite, individual, targeted, own, unique, grained, specific, spécifiques, exact, detailed, dedicated, determined, explicit, specifically, individuals, some, précis, clear, peculiar, focused, separate, treaty-specific, specificity, product-specific, -specific, fine-grained, distinctive, specialized, actual

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1. Ryan Skinner:

   It's not a bad business idea, you see a need -- it's a narrow, very specific kind of need -- and you fill it. Just as the likes of WeWork and Regus [ co-working spaces ] have grown off a particular narrow need... I can see the same thing happening there.

2. Philip Alson:

   These articles were written more than 70 years ago, when there was no international catalog of human rights, no specific treaty obligations upon states, and not a single international institution addressing these issues.

3. Dan Busch:

   Every evaluation that I performed was very specific, and I performed them in my scope of practice, i had to stay very specific to the diagnoses that were in my wheelhouse ; there are plenty that weren't.

4. Donald Trump:

   What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there's organized efforts, and frankly, it's more related to Asian people coming into our country, having children in that organized efforts taking advantage of a noble concept which is birthright citizenship, i support the 14th amendment.

5. Laura Didier:

   If we had known about this problem — if we had seen a news report about this or seen a program in our school about this … we could have had this specific conversation.