Thesaurus:rare

Thesaurus

rare

English

Adjective

Sense: not occurring regularly or frequently

Synonyms

• 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

• common    [⇒ thesaurus]

Related terms

• Thesaurus:rareness (noun)
• Thesaurus:rarity (noun)
• For the adverb (e.g. rarely) see Thesaurus:occasionally

See also

• Thesaurus:strange
• Thesaurus:unique
• Thesaurus:frequency

Further reading

• “137. infrequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rare” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.