Thesaurus:rareness

Thesaurus

rareness

English

Noun

Sense: quality of not occurring frequently

Synonyms

• infrequency
• rareness
• rarity    [⇒ thesaurus]
• seldomness
• scarcity
• uncommonness

Antonyms

• commonness    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• strangeness    [⇒ thesaurus]

Related terms

• Thesaurus:rarity (noun)
• Thesaurus:rare (adjective)
• Thesaurus:occasionally (adverb)

See also

• Thesaurus:fewness (state of being few in number)
• Thesaurus:lack (absence of something essential)

Notes

• Among the synonyms, scarcity and rarity are common while the other ones are rare.

Further reading

• “137. infrequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rareness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• rarity, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness, scarcity, seldomness at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.