Rare

Quick meaning: Rare is an adjective meaning Very uncommon; scarce.

Meaning

Very uncommon; scarce.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, pathology) Small in number (but not unusual); infrequent; sparse.
2. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
3. (UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
4. (US, slang) Cool; excellent.
5. (gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
6. (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
7. (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.

Example Sentences

Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.

Sees her reflection in a butcher shop. She finds it all quite rare That her meat's all vanity fair.

I whistled for a cab and when it came near / The license plate said ‘fresh’ and it had dice in the mirror. / If anything I could say that this cab was rare.

While many material components in Andromeda are familiar, we have also discovered rarer and more valuable materials; attributable to exposure to the Scourge, or mysterious alien technology.

Word Forms

• rarer
• rarest
• rares
• raring
• rared

Synonyms for rare

Depending on context, synonyms include dearthy, geason, infrequent, raresome, scant, scantling.

Antonyms for rare

Common opposites include common, widespread, frequent, average, basic, bog-standard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include infrequent, uncommon, extraordinary, rarefied, scarce, rarified.

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