Synonyms: rare
Definition: not widely distributed
Usage: rare herbs; rare patches of green in the desert
Similar words: scarce
Definition: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
Usage: fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
Synonyms: rare
Definition: not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
Usage: a rare word; rare books
Similar words: uncommon
Definition: not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
Usage: uncommon birds; frost and floods are uncommon during these months; doing an uncommon amount of business; an uncommon liking for money; he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability
Synonyms: rare
Definition: (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
Usage: rare roast beef
Similar words: raw
Definition: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Synonyms: rare
Definition: recurring only at long intervals
Usage: a rare appearance; total eclipses are rare events
Similar words: infrequent
Definition: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
Usage: infrequent outbursts of temper
Definition: marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
Usage: 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
Similar words: extraordinary
Definition: beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
Usage: extraordinary authority; an extraordinary achievement; her extraordinary beauty; enjoyed extraordinary popularity; an extraordinary capacity for work; an extraordinary session of the legislature
Synonyms: rare, rarefied, rarified
Definition: having low density
Usage: rare gasses; lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
Similar words: thin
Definition: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
Usage: air is thin at high altitudes; a thin soup; skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk; thin oil