Antonyms for RARE
rɛərrare

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. rare

   Unique is alone of its kind; rare is infrequent of its kind; great poems are rare; "Paradise Lost" is unique. To say of a thing that it is rare is simply to affirm that it is now seldom found, whether previously common or not; as, a rare old book; a rare word; to call a thing scarce implies that it was at some time more plenty, as when we say food or money is scarce. A particular fruit or coin may be rare; scarce applies to demand and use, and almost always to concrete things; to speak of virtue, genius, or heroism as scarce would be somewhat ludicrous. Rare has the added sense of precious, which is sometimes, but not necessarily, blended with that above given; as, a rare gem. Extraordinary, signifying greatly beyond the ordinary, is a neutral word, capable of a high and good sense or of an invidious, opprobrious, or contemptuous signification; as, extraordinary genius; extraordinary wickedness; an extraordinary assumption of power; extraordinary antics; an extraordinary statement is incredible without overwhelming proof.

   See synonyms for GENERAL; NORMAL; USUAL.

   Synonyms:
   curious, extraordinary, incomparable, infrequent, odd, peculiar, precious, remarkable, scarce, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. rareadjective

   not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

   "a rare word"; "rare books"

   Antonyms:
   cooked, thick, ordinary, frequent, common, abundant

   Synonyms:
   rarefied, rarified, uncommon

2. rareadjective

   recurring only at long intervals

   "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"

   Antonyms:
   cooked, common, ordinary, frequent, abundant, thick

   Synonyms:
   rarefied, rarified, uncommon

3. rareadjective

   not widely distributed

   "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"

   Antonyms:
   abundant, frequent, common, thick, ordinary, cooked

   Synonyms:
   rarefied, rarified, uncommon

4. rare, rarefied, rarifiedadjective

   having low density

   "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

   Antonyms:
   abundant, ordinary, thick, cooked, frequent, common

   Synonyms:
   uncommon, rarified, noble-minded, elevated, lofty, idealistic, exalted, rare, sublime, high-minded, high-flown, grand, rarefied

5. rare, uncommonadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, thick, abundant, cooked, frequent, common

   Synonyms:
   rarefied, rarified, rare, uncommon

6. rareadjective

   (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

   "rare roast beef"

   Antonyms:
   abundant, common, ordinary, frequent, thick, cooked

   Synonyms:
   rarefied, rarified, uncommon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rareadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncommon, unusual, strange, infrequent, singular, curious, exquisite, fine, incomparable, recherché, sparse, dispersed, subtile, fine, thin, rarefied, tenuous, underdone

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. often

   something that occurs or done frequently. doing it almost all the time.

   i often practice mathematics...

   Submitted by anonymous on May 31, 2020  

2. daily

   Submitted by tbenson7 on April 19, 2020  

How to use RARE in a sentence?

1. Dr Wolf:

   These large and rapidly-growing black holes are exceedingly rare, and we have been searching for them with SkyMapper for several months now. The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite, which measures tiny motions of celestial objects, helped us find this supermassive black hole, as supermassive black holes shine, they can be used as beacons to see and study the formation of elements in the early galaxies of the universe.

2. Ian Crawford:

   If you're just interested in platinum group elements, you would probably go and mine the asteroids, on the other hand, if going to the moon for scavenging polar volatiles, rare earth elements … then the impact sites of crashed asteroids could offer an added bonus.

3. health department:

   It can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain infection that may result when water containing the amoeba rushes up the nose and reaches the brain, the infection is extremely rare, but nearly always fatal.

4. Jenny Wall:

   ‘Seinfeld’ is one of those rare shows that continues to influence pop culture to this day, so what better way to launch its streaming debut than to celebrate the fans and give them a chance to relive the scenes from some of the most iconic moments in TV history?

5. Maura Healey:

   By gutting key components of the Endangered Species Act, one of our country's most successful environmental laws, the Trump Administration is putting our most imperiled species and our vibrant local tourism and recreation industries at risk, we will be taking the Administration to court to defend federal law and protect our rare animals, plants, and the environment.

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