Thesaurus:rarity

Thesaurus

rarity

English

Noun

Sense: a rare thing

Synonyms

• black swan
• hen's tooth (idiomatic)
• lightning in a bottle (idiomatic)
• one in a million
• rara avis
• rare bird
• rarity
• rocking horse shit (idiomatic, vulgar, slang)
• unicorn

Antonyms

• formula
• model    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rule    [⇒ thesaurus]
• standard

Related terms

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

Further reading

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