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Synonyms for specific
spɪˈsɪf ɪkspe·cif·ic

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  1. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    pandemic, generic, general, nonspecific, all-purpose, widespread, broad, universal, general-purpose, unspecific, gross, overall

  2. specificnoun

    Antonyms:
    all-purpose, generic, overall, gross, widespread, broad, unspecific, general, pandemic, universal, general-purpose, nonspecific

  3. specificnoun

    explicit or definite

    Antonyms:
    broad, widespread, general, gross, nonspecific, unspecific, all-purpose, universal, general-purpose, generic, pandemic, overall

  4. specificnoun

    of, or relating to a species

    Antonyms:
    gross, general, pandemic, all-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, universal, general-purpose, generic, nonspecific, overall

  5. specificnoun

    pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species

    Antonyms:
    broad, overall, pandemic, general, general-purpose, all-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, generic, widespread, universal, gross

  6. specificadjective

    special, distinctive or unique

    Antonyms:
    overall, all-purpose, general-purpose, gross, nonspecific, universal, widespread, generic, pandemic, general, broad, unspecific

  7. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    overall, general-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, pandemic, widespread, general, gross, generic, all-purpose, universal, broad

  8. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    generic, universal, general, all-purpose, pandemic, general-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, gross, nonspecific, overall

  9. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    nonspecific, all-purpose, generic, widespread, broad, universal, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, overall, unspecific, general

  10. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    nonspecific, widespread, pandemic, universal, overall, general-purpose, generic, all-purpose, unspecific, general, broad, gross

  11. specificadjective

    Antonyms:
    unspecific, generic, general, all-purpose, universal, widespread, nonspecific, overall, broad, pandemic, gross, general-purpose

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. particular, specificnoun

    a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

    "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

    Synonyms:
    particular proposition, item, particular, detail

    Antonyms:
    general, unspecified, gross, general-purpose, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, universal, generic, unspecific, pandemic, broad, overall

  2. specificadjective

    a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

    "quinine is a specific for malaria"

    Synonyms:
    particular

    Antonyms:
    general, universal, overall, gross, generic, nonspecific, pandemic, broad, all-purpose, widespread, general-purpose, unspecified, unspecific

  3. specificadjective

    (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

    "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"

    Antonyms:
    general, widespread, pandemic, generic, gross, nonspecific, general-purpose, overall, broad, universal, all-purpose, unspecific, unspecified

  4. specificadjective

    stated explicitly or in detail

    "needed a specific amount"

    Antonyms:
    general, nonspecific, all-purpose, universal, unspecific, widespread, unspecified, pandemic, overall, generic, gross, general-purpose, broad

  5. specificadjective

    relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

    "specific characters"

    Antonyms:
    general, unspecific, universal, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, generic, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, unspecified, overall, broad

  6. specificadjective

    being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

    "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"

    Antonyms:
    general, pandemic, nonspecific, generic, unspecific, overall, gross, widespread, all-purpose, general-purpose, universal, unspecified, broad

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. specificadjective

    Synonyms:
    peculiar, particular, especial, characteristic

  2. specificadjective

    Synonyms:
    definite, precise, specified

  3. specificnoun

    Synonyms:
    special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedy

  4. specificnoun

    Synonyms:
    unfailing agent, sure means

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. specificadjective

    Synonyms:
    definite, precise, specified, characteristic, particular, special

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How to use specific in a sentence?

  1. Thomas Zimmer:

    Conservatives are acutely aware that they don't have numerical majorities for this project of basically turning the clock back to 1950s-style White Christian patriarchal dominance, this is important, I think, because of the specific political strategies that the Republican Party is committed to.

  2. Cynthia Giles:

    In the past, EPA has only eased compliance obligations in a targeted way to address specific problems, such as Superstorm Sandy.

  3. Jessica Byrd:

    Black people have been saying for literal decades that we want a meaningful place inside of the national political dialogue, and meaningful means specific public policy solutions that meet the height of the need and the height of the problem, we have yet to have it in this country, on any side.

  4. President Donald Trump:

    I always knew that pandemics are one of the worst things that could happen, i've heard about this for a long time, pandemics. You don't want pandemics. I don't think he was talking about a specific pandemic, he was talking about the threat of a pandemic could happen. And it could happen. Most people thought it wouldn't, and most people didn't understand the severity of it.

  5. Kristin Robertson:

    We didn't design this as a point solution but a very flexible solution that we could outfit with payloads, sensors, different mission sets to complement whatever their fleet is, don't think of it as a specific product that is tailored to do only one mission.


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