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Synonyms for rare
rɛərrare
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
rare
Unique is alone of its kind; rare is infrequent of its kind; great poems are rare; "Paradise Lost" is unique. To say of a thing that it is rare is simply to affirm that it is now seldom found, whether previously common or not; as, a rare old book; a rare word; to call a thing scarce implies that it was at some time more plenty, as when we say food or money is scarce. A particular fruit or coin may be rare; scarce applies to demand and use, and almost always to concrete things; to speak of virtue, genius, or heroism as scarce would be somewhat ludicrous. Rare has the added sense of precious, which is sometimes, but not necessarily, blended with that above given; as, a rare gem. Extraordinary, signifying greatly beyond the ordinary, is a neutral word, capable of a high and good sense or of an invidious, opprobrious, or contemptuous signification; as, extraordinary genius; extraordinary wickedness; an extraordinary assumption of power; extraordinary antics; an extraordinary statement is incredible without overwhelming proof.
See synonyms for GENERAL; NORMAL; USUAL.
Synonyms:
curious, extraordinary, incomparable, infrequent, odd, peculiar, precious, remarkable, scarce, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual
Princeton's WordNet
rareadjective
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
"a rare word"; "rare books"
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rarefied, rarified, uncommonAntonyms:
cooked, thick, ordinary, frequent, common, abundantrareadjective
recurring only at long intervals
"a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
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rarefied, rarified, uncommonAntonyms:
cooked, common, ordinary, frequent, abundant, thickrareadjective
not widely distributed
"rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
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rarefied, rarified, uncommonAntonyms:
abundant, frequent, common, thick, ordinary, cookedrare, rarefied, rarifiedadjective
having low density
"rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
Synonyms:
uncommon, rarified, noble-minded, elevated, lofty, idealistic, exalted, sublime, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefiedAntonyms:
abundant, ordinary, thick, cooked, frequent, commonrare, uncommonadjective
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
"what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
Synonyms:
rarefied, rarified, uncommonAntonyms:
ordinary, thick, abundant, cooked, frequent, commonrareadjective
(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
"rare roast beef"
Synonyms:
rarefied, rarified, uncommonAntonyms:
abundant, common, ordinary, frequent, thick, cooked
Dictionary of English Synonymes
rareadjective
rareadjective
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SCARCE, uncommon, infrequent, unfrequent, singular, extraordinary, strange, out of the way, not commonrareadjective
Synonyms:
choice, fine, excellent, exquisite, incomparable, inimitablerareadjective
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underdone, nearly raw, not well done or well cooked
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RARE
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#575 | few | |
#1287 | unique | |
#1450 | grand | |
#2682 | rare | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4667 | sublime | |
#5261 | unusual | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6385 | exceptional | |
#6395 | precious | |
#6982 | extraordinary | |
#7013 | curious | |
#7073 | rarely | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#10805 | elevated | |
#13241 | unprecedented | |
#13600 | singular | |
#14075 | uncommon | |
#14419 | seldom | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#20608 | unparalleled | |
#21276 | nader | |
#26035 | lofty | |
#27462 | exalted | |
#28945 | rarity | |
#32135 | infrequent | |
#38892 | idealistic | |
#39244 | incomparable | |
#48320 | nadir | |
#104549 | rarefied | |
#170661 | rarified |
How to use rare in a sentence?
Although this is a rare disease, people should protect themselves from infection by avoiding any contact with wild rodents.
A family vacation to an amusement park – or a trip to the grocery store, a football game or school – should not result in children becoming sickened by an almost 100 percent preventable disease, we are fortunate to have an incredibly effective tool that can prevent our children from suffering. That is so rare in medicine.
If the recordings are controlled by a record label then it's not just up to an artist to pull Neil Young music if Neil Young want, however, there are some contracts that allow artists more decision-making and power, but those very rare.
The president will describe this as one of the rare moments in a country’s history when time stops and the essential is immediately ripped away from the trivial, and that Cobb County Election officials have to ensure January 6th does n’t mark the end of democracy but the beginning of a renaissance for Cobb County Election officials democracy, where Cobb County Election officials stand up for the right to vote and to have that voted counted fairly – not undermined by partisans afraid of who you voted for.
Everyone here, I mean the whole crew, was just so excited, there was this scientific interest, of course. But also happiness for seeing something that was so rare.
Translations for rare
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- نادرArabic
- һирәкBashkir
- рэдкіBelarusian
- рядъкBulgarian
- cru, rarCatalan, Valencian
- krvavý, vzácný, řídkýCzech
- sjælden, rødDanish
- blutig, selten, rar, englischGerman
- σπάνιοςGreek
- crudo, escaso, poco hecho, raroSpanish
- haruldane, erakordneEstonian
- کمیاب, نایاب, شاذPersian
- harvinainenFinnish
- peu commun, rare, saignantFrench
- ainneamh, gannScottish Gaelic
- raroGalician
- נדירHebrew
- दुर्लभHindi
- ritka, véresHungarian
- raro, al sangueItalian
- 珍しいJapanese
- 드문Korean
- نایابKurdish
- bluddegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- retasLithuanian
- retsLatvian
- редокMacedonian
- jarang, nadirMalay
- zeldzame, bloedige, saignant, zeldzaam, bloedigDutch
- skjeldenNorwegian
- rzadki, krwistyPolish
- rarefeito, mal passado, raroPortuguese
- rar, rerRomansh
- rarefiat, rarRomanian
- редкийRussian
- raruSardinian
- редак, rijedak, риједак, redakSerbo-Croatian
- riedkySlovak
- rédekSlovene
- rrallëAlbanian
- ovanlig, sällsynt, rarSwedish
- అరుదుTelugu
- หายากThai
- рідкийUkrainian
- hiếmVietnamese
- 罕见Chinese
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