Synonyms for rarity
ˈrɛər ɪ tirar·i·ty

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1. raritynoun

   Synonyms:
   rareness

2. raritynoun

   A rare object.

   Synonyms:
   rareness

3. raritynoun

   A measure of the scarcity of an object.

   Synonyms:
   rareness

4. raritynoun

   Thinness; the property of having low density

   Synonyms:
   rareness

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1. rarity, rareness, infrequencynoun

   noteworthy scarcity

   Synonyms:
   tenuity, rareness, oddment, curiosity, peculiarity, low density, curio, oddity, infrequency

2. rarity, tenuity, low densitynoun

   a rarified quality

   "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"

   Synonyms:
   tenuity, slenderness, thinness, rareness, oddment, curiosity, peculiarity, low density, feebleness, curio, oddity, infrequency

3. curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, raritynoun

   something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

   Synonyms:
   tenuity, remainder, wonder, end, distinguishing characteristic, distinctiveness, rareness, curio, oddness, specialty, curiosity, quirkiness, low density, queerness, oddity, crotchet, specialness, distinctive feature, remnant, peculiarity, oddment, infrequency, quirk, speciality

Matched Categories

1. • Scarcity

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1. raritynoun

   Synonyms:
   thinness, subtilty

2. raritynoun

   Synonyms:
   uncommonness, infrequency

3. raritynoun

   Synonyms:
   uncommon thing, scarce thing

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1. List of paraphrases for "rarity":

   scarcity, paucity, dearth, rare

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1. Apuleius:

   Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

2. Phillip Gander:

   It is such a rarity that a person requiring invasive electrode monitoring for epilepsy also has tinnitus that we aim to study every such person if they are willing.

3. Caleb Marshall Brown:

   The lack of horsetails, and rarity of cycads and conifers is surprising, given that these are very common in the surrounding flora, even within ferns, it looks like Borealopelta may have had a preference for certain types of ferns, while ignoring others.

4. Walter Bagehot:

   Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

5. Christopher Lloyd:

   It's a dream come true to be in a film that has the kind of profound impact it's had on so many people ... and for it to endure the way this film has, it's amazing, it's a rarity.