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Exact Match:

rare

not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"

(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"

recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"

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"

having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

Synonyms:

• a cut above,
• above,
• admirable,
• adulterated,
• ahead,
• airy,
• almost unheard-of,
• another,
• ascendant,
• at a premium,
• attenuate,
• attenuated,
• atypical,
• beguiling,
• better,
• bewildering,
• boyish,
• breakaway,
• capping,
• celebrated,
• cheeseparing,
• chinchy,
• chintzy,
• choice,
• chosen,
• collectable,
• conspicuous,
• crude,
• cut,
• dainty,
• delicate,
• diaphanous,
• dilute,
• diluted,
• distinguished,
• eclipsing,
• elegant,
• else,
• eminent,
• enigmatic,
• esteemed,
• estimable,
• ethereal,
• exceeding,
• excellent,
• excelling,
• exceptional,
• exiguous,
• exquisite,
• extraordinary,
• fabulous,
• fallen,
• fantastic,
• fascinating,
• few,
• fine,
• fine-drawn,
• finer,
• finespun,
• first-class,
• first-rate,
• flimsy,
• frail,
• gaseous,
• gauzy,
• girlish,
• good,
• gossamer,
• gracile,
• greater,
• higher,
• in ascendancy,
• in short supply,
• in the ascendant,
• incomparable,
• incomprehensible,
• inconceivable,
• incredible,
• infrequent,
• insubstantial,
• lacy,
• light,
• limited,
• major,
• marked,
• marvelous,
• matchless,
• meager,
• memorable,
• miraculous,
• miserly,
• misty,
• niggardly,
• noble,
• not done,
• not that sort,
• not the same,
• not the type,
• notable,
• noteworthy,
• occasional,
• of a sort,
• of another sort,
• of choice,
• of mark,
• of sorts,
• offbeat,
• one up on,
• other,
• other than,
• otherwise,
• out of print,
• out of season,
• out of stock,
• outlandish,
• outstanding,
• over,
• papery,
• passing strange,
• peculiar,
• peerless,
• phenomenal,
• piddling,
• poor,
• prestigious,
• prodigious,
• prominent,
• puzzling,
• rarefied,
• raw,
• recherche,
• red,
• remarkable,
• rememberable,
• reputable,
• rivaling,
• saignant,
• salient,
• scant,
• scanty,
• scarce,
• scattered,
• scrimping,
• scrimpy,
• seldom,
• seldom met with,
• seldom seen,
• select,
• sensational,
• signal,
• singular,
• skimping,
• skimpy,
• slender,
• slenderish,
• slight,
• slight-made,
• slim,
• slimmish,
• slinky,
• slow,
• small,
• sodden,
• sparse,
• special,
• sporadic,
• spotty,
• sprinkled,
• stingy,
• strange,
• striking,
• stupendous,
• subtile,
• subtle,
• sui generis,
• super,
• superior,
• superlative,
• surpassing,
• svelte,
• sylphlike,
• telling,
• tenuous,
• thin,
• thin-bodied,
• thin-set,
• thin-spun,
• thinned,
• thinned-out,
• thinnish,
• threadlike,
• tight,
• topping,
• transcendent,
• transcendental,
• transcending,
• unbaked,
• unboiled,
• uncommon,
• uncompact,
• uncompressed,
• uncooked,
• uncustomary,
• undercooked,
• underdone,
• undreamed-of,
• unexpected,
• unfamiliar,
• unforgettable,
• unfrequent,
• unheard-of,
• unimaginable,
• unique,
• unordinary,
• unparalleled,
• unprecedented,
• unsubstantial,
• unthinkable,
• unthought-of,
• unusual,
• unwonted,
• upper,
• vague,
• vaporous,
• wasp-waisted,
• watered,
• watered-down,
• watery,
• weak,
• willowy,
• windy,
• wiredrawn,
• wispy,
• wonderful,
• wondrous