Thesaurus:rare
English
editAdjective
editSense: not occurring regularly or frequently
editSynonyms
edit- 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
editRelated terms
edit- Thesaurus:rareness (noun)
- Thesaurus:rarity (noun)
- For the adverb (e.g. rarely) see Thesaurus:occasionally
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “137. infrequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “rare” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.