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Synonyms for particular
pərˈtɪk yə lər, pəˈtɪk-par·tic·u·lar
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Wiktionary
particularadjective
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generalparticularnoun
A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
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generalparticularnoun
Specific; discrete; concrete.
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generalparticularadjective
Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
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generalparticularadjective
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generalparticularadjective
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generalparticularadjective
He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
Antonyms:
general
English Synonyms and Antonyms
particular
A circumstance (Latin circum, around, and sto, stand), is something existing or occurring in connection with or relation to some other fact or event, modifying or throwing light upon the principal matter without affecting its essential character; an accompaniment is something that unites with the principal matter, tho not necessary to it; as, the piano accompaniment to a song; a concomitant goes with a thing in natural connection, but in a subordinate capacity, or perhaps in contrast; as, cheerfulness is a concomitant of virtue. A circumstance is not strictly, nor usually, an occasion, condition, effect, or result. (See these words under CAUSE.) Nor is the circumstance properly an incident. (See under ACCIDENT.) We say, "My decision will depend upon circumstances" — not "upon incidents." That a man wore a blue necktie would not probably be the cause, occasion, condition, or concomitant of his committing murder; but it might be a very important circumstance in identifying him as the murderer. All the circumstances make up the situation. A certain disease is the cause of a man's death; his suffering is an incident; that he is in his own home, that he has good medical attendance, careful nursing, etc., are consolatory circumstances. With the same idea of subordination, we often say, "This is not a circumstance to that." So a person is said to be in easy circumstances. Compare EVENT.
Synonyms:
accompaniment, circumstance, concomitant, detail, event, fact, feature, incident, item, occurrence, point, position, situationPreposition:
"Mere situation is expressed by 'in the circumstances'; action affected is performed 'under the circumstances.'" [Murray's "New English Dictionary"]
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
particularadjective
Synonyms:
local, specific, subordinate, detailed, partial, special, fastidious, minute, scrupulous, careful, accurate, exact, circumstantial, precise, delicate, niceAntonyms:
universal, general, unspecial, comprehensive, unscrupulous, uncareful, inaccurate, inexact, rough, coarse, indiscriminate, undisiluminatingparticularnoun
Princeton's WordNet
particular, specificnoun
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
"he always reasons from the particular to the general"
Synonyms:
particular proposition, item, specific, detailAntonyms:
universal proposition, general, universal, nonspecific, unfastidious, secondary, careless, commondetail, particular, itemnoun
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
"it was perfect in all details"
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contingent, particular proposition, item, detail, token, point, specificAntonyms:
universal, general, universal proposition, common, careless, unfastidious, secondary, nonspecificparticular, particular propositionadjective
(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
Synonyms:
particular proposition, item, specific, detailAntonyms:
general, universal proposition, universal, careless, nonspecific, common, secondary, unfastidiousparticular(a), peculiar(a), special(a)adjective
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
"the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"
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general, universal proposition, universal, common, secondary, nonspecific, unfastidious, carelessparticular(a)adjective
separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
"interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
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universal proposition, general, universal, careless, secondary, nonspecific, unfastidious, commonespecial(a), exceptional, particular(a), specialadjective
surpassing what is common or usual or expected
"he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"
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universal, general, universal proposition, unfastidious, nonspecific, careless, secondary, commonparticular, specialadjective
first and most important
"his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
Synonyms:
especial(a), finical, picky, particular(a), peculiar(a), limited, fussy, finicky, special(a), exceptional, special, extraAntonyms:
universal proposition, universal, general, secondary, nonspecific, careless, common, unfastidiousfinical, finicky, fussy, particular, pickyadjective
exacting especially about details
"a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
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special(a), peculiar(a), picky, bad-tempered, busy, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, special, especial(a), finical, crabby, crabbed, particular(a), fussy, ill-tempered, exceptionalAntonyms:
universal, universal proposition, general, common, unfastidious, careless, nonspecific, secondaryparticular(a)adjective
providing specific details or circumstances
"a particular description of the room"
Antonyms:
universal proposition, general, universal, unfastidious, common, secondary, careless, nonspecific
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
particularadjective
Synonyms:
especial, special, specific, not generalparticularadjective
Synonyms:
individual, single, separate, distinct, distinctionparticularadjective
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minute, exact, precise, nice, scrupulous, fastidiousparticularadjective
particularnoun
Synonyms:
instance, circumstance, detail, item, particularity, special point
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
particularadjective
Synonyms:
special, especial, specific, minute, precise, detailed, circumstantial, individual, separate, sole, single, characteristic, distinctive, individual, personal, peculiar, fastidious, finical, scrupulous, precise, strictAntonyms:
indiscriminate, slatternly, promiscuous, generalparticularnoun
Synonyms:
detail
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "particular":
special, specific, particularly, especially, individual, certain, concrete, notably, including, specifically, unique, given, hoc, particulier, peculiar, specially, name, determined, private, individuals, particolare, specified
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#108 | name | |
#214 | item | |
#237 | local | |
#273 | special | |
#341 | including | |
#397 | private | |
#438 | point | |
#622 | given | |
#624 | event | |
#738 | specific | |
#751 | limited | |
#842 | individual | |
#854 | fact | |
#921 | position | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1100 | certain | |
#1113 | particular | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1259 | feature | |
#1287 | unique | |
#1378 | extra | |
#1379 | especially | |
#1579 | detailed | |
#1703 | specified | |
#1799 | detail | |
#1806 | individuals | |
#1902 | situation | |
#1940 | particularly | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2328 | determined | |
#2971 | specifically | |
#3066 | accurate | |
#3402 | exact | |
#3834 | concrete | |
#4087 | busy | |
#4654 | partial | |
#4926 | incident | |
#5469 | careful | |
#6385 | exceptional | |
#7489 | precise | |
#8842 | specially | |
#9277 | token | |
#9403 | occurrence | |
#10932 | hoc | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12671 | notably | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#16420 | circumstance | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#20225 | accompaniment | |
#30373 | grumpy | |
#32099 | picky | |
#32604 | concomitant | |
#42715 | fussy | |
#49683 | circumstantial | |
#65060 | crabby | |
#66650 | grouchy | |
#74927 | scrupulous | |
#77132 | particulier | |
#87747 | finicky | |
#91896 | fastidious | |
#173954 | particolare | |
#251752 | crabbed |
How to use particular in a sentence?
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
Can we, should we, would we? Clearly, we work on a priority-based system so if somebody is on a national security watch list, then we pay particular attention to them, but on this occasion, this particular individual was not.
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness:
The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe the thing that appears to him of most importance is that he himself should be virtuous. It is a grave defect in certain forms of traditional religion that they have encouraged this particular kind of self-absorption.
The coaches have even more responsibility than the sportsmen, they should be more actively making sure that the anti-doping controls from (Russia's anti-doping agency) RUSADA are being enforced. We should be concentrating our focus on particular individuals and not on particular sports.
In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular.
Translations for particular
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- বিশেষBengali
- speziell, kleinlich, bestimmt, spezifisch, eigenGerman
- especialSpanish
- sonrachIrish
- air lethScottish Gaelic
- tertentuIndonesian
- ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟವಾಗಿKannada
- تایبهتیKurdish
- bestemtNorwegian
- szczególnyPolish
- wakiQuechua
- specific, special, particular, caracteristicRomanian
- характерный, разборчивый, конкретный, частный, специальный, щепетильный, особый, привередливый, специфический, отдельный, особенныйRussian
- konkretan, pojedini, specifičanSerbo-Croatian
- குறிப்பிட்டTamil
- ప్రత్యేకTelugu
- خاص طور پرUrdu
- 特定Chinese
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