Thesaurus:rare
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Sense: not occurring regularly or frequently[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- dearthy
- few and far between (idiomatic)
- geason (rare or dialect)
- infrequent
- in short supply
- rare
- raresome
- scant
- scarce
- selcouth
- seld (archaic)
- seldom (archaic)
- selly (UK dialect)
- superrare
- uncommon
- unfrequent
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- Thesaurus:rareness (noun)
- Thesaurus:rarity (noun)
- For the adverb (e.g. rarely) see Thesaurus:occasionally
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “137. infrequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “rare” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.