What is another word for specific?
Synonyms for specific
spɪˈsɪf ɪkspe·cif·ic
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Wiktionary
specificadjective
Antonyms:
pandemic, generic, general, nonspecific, all-purpose, widespread, broad, universal, general-purpose, unspecific, gross, overallspecificnoun
Antonyms:
all-purpose, generic, overall, gross, widespread, broad, unspecific, general, pandemic, universal, general-purpose, nonspecificspecificnoun
explicit or definite
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broad, widespread, general, gross, nonspecific, unspecific, all-purpose, universal, general-purpose, generic, pandemic, overallspecificnoun
of, or relating to a species
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gross, general, pandemic, all-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, universal, general-purpose, generic, nonspecific, overallspecificnoun
pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
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broad, overall, pandemic, general, general-purpose, all-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, generic, widespread, universal, grossspecificadjective
special, distinctive or unique
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overall, all-purpose, general-purpose, gross, nonspecific, universal, widespread, generic, pandemic, general, broad, unspecificspecificadjective
Antonyms:
overall, general-purpose, nonspecific, unspecific, pandemic, widespread, general, gross, generic, all-purpose, universal, broadspecificadjective
Antonyms:
generic, universal, general, all-purpose, pandemic, general-purpose, widespread, unspecific, broad, gross, nonspecific, overallspecificadjective
Antonyms:
nonspecific, all-purpose, generic, widespread, broad, universal, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, overall, unspecific, generalspecificadjective
Antonyms:
nonspecific, widespread, pandemic, universal, overall, general-purpose, generic, all-purpose, unspecific, general, broad, grossspecificadjective
Antonyms:
unspecific, generic, general, all-purpose, universal, widespread, nonspecific, overall, broad, pandemic, gross, general-purpose
Princeton's WordNet
particular, specificnoun
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
"he always reasons from the particular to the general"
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particular proposition, item, particular, detailAntonyms:
general, unspecified, gross, general-purpose, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, universal, generic, unspecific, pandemic, broad, overallspecificadjective
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
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particularAntonyms:
general, universal, overall, gross, generic, nonspecific, pandemic, broad, all-purpose, widespread, general-purpose, unspecified, unspecificspecificadjective
(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"
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general, widespread, pandemic, generic, gross, nonspecific, general-purpose, overall, broad, universal, all-purpose, unspecific, unspecifiedspecificadjective
stated explicitly or in detail
"needed a specific amount"
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general, nonspecific, all-purpose, universal, unspecific, widespread, unspecified, pandemic, overall, generic, gross, general-purpose, broadspecificadjective
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
"specific characters"
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general, unspecific, universal, nonspecific, widespread, all-purpose, generic, gross, pandemic, general-purpose, unspecified, overall, broadspecificadjective
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
specificadjective
Synonyms:
peculiar, particular, especial, characteristicspecificadjective
specificnoun
Synonyms:
special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedyspecificnoun
Synonyms:
unfailing agent, sure means
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
specificadjective
Synonyms:
definite, precise, specified, characteristic, particular, special
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "specific":
concrete, particular, special, precise, certain, accurate, specified, practical, tangible, definite, individual, targeted, own, unique, grained, specific, spécifiques, exact, detailed, dedicated, determined, explicit, specifically, individuals, some, précis, clear, peculiar, focused, separate, treaty-specific, specificity, product-specific, -specific, fine-grained, distinctive, specialized, actual
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#92 | some | |
#214 | item | |
#273 | special | |
#294 | own | |
#738 | specific | |
#842 | individual | |
#907 | clear | |
#1100 | certain | |
#1113 | particular | |
#1287 | unique | |
#1579 | detailed | |
#1703 | specified | |
#1799 | detail | |
#1806 | individuals | |
#1920 | actual | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2328 | determined | |
#2370 | dedicated | |
#2735 | practical | |
#2971 | specifically | |
#3066 | accurate | |
#3402 | exact | |
#3693 | focused | |
#3834 | concrete | |
#5667 | targeted | |
#5758 | specialized | |
#6371 | explicit | |
#7489 | precise | |
#10110 | distinctive | |
#12248 | definite | |
#13539 | tangible | |
#14577 | specificity | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#26603 | grained | |
#71378 | precis |
How to use specific in a sentence?
The whole idea that presidents -- whether it's President President Donald Trump, President President Sanders or President Sanders -- can declare an emergency and somehow usurp the separation of powers and get into the business of appropriating money for specific projects without Congress being involved, is a serious constitutional question.
I think at the end of the day that virtually all of the 'trade war' effects will be negotiated away and the true economic impact on industries as well as specific companies will be very small, so I haven't factored the impact of any trade war considerations into my portfolio.
It’s still around 4 in 10, but when we started asking this question it was around 8 in 10. people have either realized that specific sectors are worse off, like health care or food distribution. Or they feel that the government has at least partly taken back control of migration by ending free movement from the EU and are more comfortable with it now.
The law provides that Medicaid providers must be paid directly and cannot have part of their payments diverted to third parties outside of a few very specific exceptions, this proposed rule is intended to ensure that providers receive their complete payment, and any circumstances in which a state does divert part of a provider’s payment must be clearly allowed under the law.
I am not under pressure to be out by a specific date, the fact the President made a decision and we are going to execute his orders here to withdraw forces from Syria and as we do that we're going to do that in a very deliberate manner.
Translations for specific
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- específicCatalan, Valencian
- konkrétní, relativní, specifickýCzech
- penodolWelsh
- εξειδικευμένος, συγκεκριμένος, ειδικόςGreek
- specifaEsperanto
- específicoSpanish
- eriline, omane, eri-, kindelEstonian
- خاصPersian
- erikoinen, erityinen, spesifinen, ominainen, lajityyppinen, lajiFinnish
- spécifiqueFrench
- კუთრიGeorgian
- specificRomanian
- конкретный, особый, специальный, явный, видовой, особенный, специфическийRussian
- නිශ්චිතSinhala, Sinhalese
- குறிப்பிட்டTamil
- 具体的Chinese
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