What is another word for rare?
861 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈe͡ə], [ ɹˈeə], [ ɹ_ˈeə]
The word "rare" has several synonyms that can be used alternatively depending on the context. One of the synonyms is scarce, which indicates something is in limited quantity or availability. Another synonym is uncommon, which implies something is not frequently observed or encountered. In addition, unique can be used as a synonym for rare, as it indicates something that is truly one-of-a-kind. Furthermore, precious is a synonym that denotes something as valuable and highly treasured due to its rarity. Another alternative synonym is unconventional, which indicates something that is not typical or follows the norm. All these synonyms can be used interchangeably with rare acting as a commonly used word in everyday language.
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Similar words for rare:
- choice (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- different (adjective)
- exceptional (adjective)
- few (adjective)
- improbable (adjective)
- infrequent (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- irregular (adjective)
- mind-boggling (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- single (adjective)
- uncooked (adjective)
- unheard-of (adjective)
- unimaginable (adjective)
- unparalleled (adjective)
- unthinkable (adjective)
- unusual (adjective)
- wispy (adjective)
- admirable (adjective)
- airy (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- anomalous (adjective)
- curious (adjective)
- dainty (adjective)
- delectable (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- delicious (adjective)
- deluxe (adjective)
- elegant (adjective)
- exquisite (adjective)
- extraordinary (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- imported (adjective)
- inconceivable (adjective)
- intangible (adjective)
- lovely (adjective)
- luscious (adjective)
- not fully cooked (adjective)
- notable (adjective)
- novel (adjective)
- occasional (adjective)
- odd/oddball (adjective)
- precious, excellent (adjective)
- priceless (adjective)
- remarkable (adjective)
- scant/scanty (adjective)
- scarce (adjective)
- select (adjective)
- sparse (adjective)
- special (adjective)
- splendid (adjective)
- sporadic (adjective)
- strange (adjective)
- supernatural (adjective)
- superphysical (adjective)
- supersensible (adjective)
- tenuous (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- underdone (adjective)
- unique (adjective)
- unlikely (adjective)
- unordinary (adjective)
- unwonted (adjective)
- vintage (adjective)
- rare (noun)
Synonyms for Rare:
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adj.
• choice • deficient- flawed ,
- found wanting ,
- not cut out for ,
- not enough ,
- not make it ,
- not up to scratch ,
- outta gas ,
- unassembled .
- Unfrequent ,
- few and far between ,
- not too many ,
- scarcely any ,
- semioccasional ,
- widely spaced ,
- inconsiderable ,
- middling ,
- not many ,
- piddling ,
- several ,
- some ,
- trifling .
- not general ,
- not public ,
- singled out ,
- singled-out ,
- unalloyed ,
- uncompounded ,
- unitary ,
- unmixed ,
- unshared ,
- without equal ,
- unblended .
- Inapprehensible ,
- beyond wildest dreams ,
- not understandable ,
- in apprehensible ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in describable ,
- in effable ,
- in-apprehensible ,
- in-describable ,
- in-effable ,
- more inapprehensible ,
- most inapprehensible ,
- un imaginable ,
- un-imaginable .
- beyond belief ,
- beyond possibility ,
- out of question ,
- in supportable ,
- in-supportable ,
- out question ,
- out the question ,
- un reasonable ,
- un thinkable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-thinkable .
- A 1 ,
- a ok ,
- cat pajamas ,
- cats pajamas ,
- de serving ,
- de-serving ,
- dreamest ,
- meritable ,
- meritorious ,
- more a ok ,
- more a-ok ,
- more aok ,
- more copacetic ,
- more crackerjack ,
- more meritable ,
- more super duper ,
- more super-duper ,
- more superduper ,
- most a ok ,
- most a-ok ,
- most aok ,
- most copacetic ,
- most crackerjack ,
- most meritable ,
- most super duper ,
- most super-duper ,
- most superduper ,
- most valuable ,
- neater ,
- out of world ,
- out sight ,
- out this world ,
- out world ,
- rarest ,
- super duper ,
- superior ,
- un real ,
- un-real .
- rare .
- Heteroclite ,
- hetero clite ,
- hetero-clite ,
- in congruous ,
- in consistent ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-consistent ,
- irregular ,
- more heteroclite ,
- more unrepresentative ,
- most heteroclite ,
- most unrepresentative ,
- un natural ,
- un orthodox ,
- un representative ,
- un typical ,
- un-natural ,
- un-orthodox ,
- un-representative ,
- un-typical .
- de lightful ,
- de-lightful ,
- graceful ,
- more darling ,
- more recherche ,
- most darling ,
- most recherche ,
- palatable ,
- re fined ,
- sweeter ,
- sweetest ,
- well made ,
- well-made ,
- wellmade .
- fainter ,
- fine grained ,
- finegrained ,
- more fine grained ,
- more fine-grained ,
- more finegrained ,
- more fracturable ,
- more gossamery ,
- more hairline ,
- more muted ,
- more shatterable ,
- more shattery ,
- most fine grained ,
- most fine-grained ,
- most finegrained ,
- most fracturable ,
- most gossamery ,
- most hairline ,
- most muted ,
- most shatterable ,
- most shattery .
- more nectarous ,
- more titillating ,
- more well prepared ,
- more well seasoned ,
- more well-prepared ,
- more well-seasoned ,
- more wellprepared ,
- more wellseasoned ,
- most nectarous ,
- most titillating ,
- most well prepared ,
- most well seasoned ,
- most well-prepared ,
- most well-seasoned ,
- most wellprepared ,
- most wellseasoned ,
- well prepared ,
- well seasoned ,
- well-seasoned ,
- wellprepared ,
- wellseasoned .
- dis criminating ,
- dis-criminating ,
- in comparable ,
- in-comparable ,
- incomparable ,
- matchless ,
- out standing .
- extra-ordinary ,
- fabber ,
- fabbest ,
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in credible ,
- in-credible ,
- incredible ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un familiar ,
- un-familiar ,
- unfamiliar .
- first rate ,
- firstrate ,
- firststring ,
- five star ,
- fivestar ,
- gilt edged ,
- good looking ,
- more first string ,
- more first-string ,
- more firststring ,
- more five star ,
- more five-star ,
- more fivestar ,
- more gilt edged ,
- more gilt-edged ,
- more giltedged ,
- most first string ,
- most first-string ,
- most firststring ,
- most five star ,
- most five-star ,
- most fivestar ,
- most gilt edged ,
- most gilt-edged ,
- most giltedged ,
- not too shabby ,
- top pest ,
- top-pest .
- imcomprehensible ,
- in cogitable ,
- in conceivable ,
- in supposable ,
- in-cogitable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-supposable ,
- mind boggling ,
- mindboggling ,
- more imcomprehensible ,
- more incogitable ,
- more insupposable ,
- more unknowable ,
- most imcomprehensible ,
- most incogitable ,
- most insupposable ,
- most unknowable ,
- re achier ,
- re achiest ,
- re achy ,
- re-achier ,
- re-achiest ,
- re-achy ,
- reachier ,
- reachiest ,
- staggering ,
- un knowable ,
- un-knowable ,
- wont fly ,
- wont wash .
- evanescent ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- hypothetical ,
- in appreciable ,
- in corporeal ,
- in determinate ,
- in sensible ,
- in tangible ,
- in visible ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-corporeal ,
- in-sensible ,
- in-tangible ,
- in-visible ,
- more eluding ,
- more evading ,
- more unapparent ,
- most eluding ,
- most evading ,
- most unapparent ,
- un apparent ,
- un observable ,
- un sure ,
- un-apparent ,
- un-observable ,
- un-sure ,
- unapparent .
- be witching ,
- be-witching ,
- more captivating ,
- more knockout ,
- more lovesome ,
- more picture ,
- most captivating ,
- most knockout ,
- most lovesome ,
- most picture .
- bloody ,
- half-cooked ,
- half-raw ,
- moderately done ,
- nearly raw ,
- not done ,
- rarely done ,
- red ,
- undercooked .
- bigleague ,
- highprofile ,
- majorleague ,
- more bodacious ,
- more celebrious ,
- more distingue ,
- more high profile ,
- more high-profile ,
- more highprofile ,
- more nameable ,
- more rubric ,
- most bodacious ,
- most celebrious ,
- most distingue ,
- most high profile ,
- most high-profile ,
- most highprofile ,
- most nameable ,
- most rubric ,
- nameable ,
- pre eminent ,
- red letter ,
- redletter ,
- well known ,
- wellknown .
- avant garde ,
- avantgarde ,
- far cry ,
- innovative ,
- modernistic ,
- more innovative ,
- more neoteric ,
- more new fashioned ,
- more new-fashioned ,
- more newfashioned ,
- most neoteric ,
- most new fashioned ,
- most new-fashioned ,
- most newfashioned ,
- most novel ,
- new fashioned ,
- newfangled ,
- nower ,
- nowest ,
- re cent .
- freakest ,
- more character ,
- more oddball ,
- more off the wall ,
- more off-the-wall ,
- more weirdo ,
- most character ,
- most off the wall ,
- most off-the-wall ,
- most weirdo ,
- oddest ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny .
- extreme ,
- great ,
- invaluable ,
- peerless ,
- rich ,
- superb ,
- superlative .
- in estimable ,
- in valuable ,
- in-estimable ,
- in-valuable ,
- more cherished ,
- more collectible ,
- more out of bounds ,
- more out of sight ,
- more out-of-bounds ,
- more out-of-sight ,
- more prized ,
- more treasured ,
- most cherished ,
- most collectible ,
- most out of bounds ,
- most out of sight ,
- most out-of-bounds ,
- most out-of-sight ,
- most prized ,
- most treasured ,
- out-of-sight ,
- worth a king ransom ,
- worth a kings ransom ,
- worth its weight gold ,
- worth its weight in gold ,
- worth king ransom ,
- worth king's ransom ,
- worth kings ransom .
- bluechip ,
- creamest ,
- more culled ,
- more picked ,
- more weeded ,
- more winnowed ,
- more world class ,
- more world-class ,
- more worldclass ,
- most culled ,
- most picked ,
- most weeded ,
- most winnowed ,
- most world class ,
- most world-class ,
- most worldclass ,
- picker ,
- pickest ,
- top notch ,
- topnotch ,
- topser ,
- topsest ,
- weeded ,
- worldclass .
- more splendiferous ,
- most splendiferous ,
- re-splendent ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- un surpassed ,
- un-surpassed ,
- very good .
- bits pieces ,
- fits starts ,
- more on again off again ,
- more on-again-off-again ,
- most on again off again ,
- most on-again-off-again .
- farout ,
- in experienced ,
- in-experienced ,
- un accountable ,
- un accustomed ,
- un seasoned ,
- un-accustomed ,
- un-seasoned .
- fairier ,
- fairiest ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more phantom ,
- more supermundane ,
- more superordinary ,
- more supranatural ,
- more unrevealed ,
- most phantom ,
- most supermundane ,
- most superordinary ,
- most supranatural ,
- most unrevealed ,
- para normal ,
- para-normal ,
- super human ,
- super mundane ,
- super natural ,
- super ordinary ,
- super-human ,
- super-mundane ,
- super-natural ,
- super-ordinary ,
- superhuman ,
- supra natural ,
- supra-natural ,
- un comprehensible ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un fathomable ,
- un revealed ,
- un-comprehensible ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-revealed .
- extra mundane ,
- extra sensory ,
- extra-mundane ,
- extra-sensory ,
- more extrasensory ,
- most extrasensory ,
- super physical ,
- super-physical .
- in significant ,
- in substantial ,
- in-substantial ,
- more attenuate ,
- more attenuated ,
- most attenuate ,
- most attenuated ,
- reedier ,
- reediest .
- more paper thin ,
- more paper-thin ,
- more paperthin ,
- more wafer thin ,
- more wafer-thin ,
- more waferthin ,
- most paper thin ,
- most paper-thin ,
- most paperthin ,
- most wafer thin ,
- most wafer-thin ,
- most waferthin ,
- paperthin ,
- sub tile ,
- sub tiler ,
- sub-tile ,
- sub-tiler ,
- subtiler ,
- subtilest ,
- trans lucent ,
- trans-lucent ,
- wafer thin ,
- waferthin .
- in imitable ,
- in-imitable ,
- more outre ,
- most outre ,
- out of way ,
- out the way ,
- out way ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest .
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- Breaded ,
- Curried ,
- Deviled ,
- al dente ,
- au naturel ,
- battered ,
- cold ,
- cooked ,
- deep-fried .
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- Breathable ,
- air ,
- airborne ,
- airflow ,
- airless ,
- atmosphere ,
- blast ,
- current ,
- dense .
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- tighten .
Other synonyms:
- outstanding .
- tight .
- magnificent .
- little .
Other relevant words:
- Anomalistic ,
- Arrestive ,
- Celebrious ,
- Gossamery ,
- Incogitable ,
- Insupposable ,
- Neoteric ,
- Newfashioned ,
- Shattery ,
- Subtile ,
- Supermundane ,
- Superphysical ,
- Unparagoned ,
- a few ,
- admirable ,
- airy ,
- anomalous ,
- at a premium ,
- at cutting edge ,
- barely sufficient ,
- best ever ,
- beyond price ,
- bits and pieces ,
- blue chip ,
- bodacious ,
- breaking new ground ,
- cat's pajamas ,
- choice ,
- collectible ,
- copacetic ,
- creamer ,
- curious ,
- delectable ,
- delicate ,
- delicious ,
- delish ,
- deluxe ,
- different ,
- distingue ,
- elegant ,
- exquisite ,
- extra ordinary ,
- extraordinaire ,
- extraordinary ,
- extrasensory ,
- fab ,
- fine-grained ,
- first-string ,
- fit for king ,
- fits and starts ,
- five-star ,
- fracturable ,
- freaker ,
- gilt-edged ,
- giltedged ,
- goodlooking ,
- hairline ,
- handpicked ,
- hardly any ,
- high-profile ,
- hunky dory ,
- imported ,
- improbable ,
- in a class by itself ,
- in class by itself ,
- inconceivable ,
- infrequent ,
- intangible ,
- just out ,
- lovely ,
- lovesome ,
- luscious ,
- mouthwatering ,
- nectarious ,
- nectarous ,
- new-fashioned ,
- not habitual ,
- not likely ,
- notable ,
- novel ,
- off beaten path ,
- off-the-wall ,
- on-again-off-again ,
- one of a kind ,
- one-of-a-kind ,
- only a few ,
- out-of-bounds ,
- out-standing ,
- paper thin ,
- paper-thin ,
- phenomenal ,
- pre-eminent ,
- priceless ,
- primo ,
- quite a few ,
- reachy ,
- recherche ,
- reedy ,
- remarkable ,
- scarce ,
- scrimpy ,
- see through ,
- seethrough ,
- seldom met with ,
- select ,
- shatterable ,
- small number ,
- sparse ,
- special ,
- splendid ,
- splendiferous ,
- sporadic ,
- strange ,
- sui generis ,
- super-duper ,
- superduper ,
- supernatural ,
- superordinary ,
- supranatural ,
- tenuous ,
- thin ,
- un-ordinary ,
- uncommon ,
- unknowable ,
- unlikely ,
- unparalleled ,
- unrepresentative ,
- unrevealed ,
- unthinkable ,
- wafer-thin ,
- well-prepared ,
- without price ,
- won't fly ,
- won't wash ,
- world class ,
- world-class ,
- worth a king's ransom ,
- zero cool .
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How to use "Rare" in context?
Rare is defined as an adjective meaning very few in number or an extreme instance. Some feel that the term is overused and takes on a negative connotation. Rare can also refer to something that is valued because of its rarity.
So what, if anything, does all of this have to do with coffee? Quite a bit, actually. When it comes to coffee, rarity is what sets the premium brews apart from less expensive options. And it's this contrast in price that has helped make coffee one of the most popular beverages on the planet.
In the world of coffee, rare is often synonymous with quality.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
infrequent.
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Noun, singular or mass
rarity.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
bizarre, common, exceptional, extraordinary, infrequently, limited, meagre, odd, remarkable, scanty, sporadic, unlikely, unprecedented.
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Adverb
infrequently, seldom.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
sparse.
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Adverb
rarely.
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Noun, singular or mass
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