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Definitions for Rare

[1] coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions.
[2] thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast.
[3] having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; lightheaded from the rare mountain air.
[4] unusually great: a rare display of courage.
[5] unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them.
[6] (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare.
[7] rear2(def 6) .
[8] not widely known; not frequently used or experienced; uncommon or unusual a rare word
[9] occurring seldom a rare appearance
[10] not widely distributed; not generally occurring a rare herb
[11] (of a gas, esp the atmosphere at high altitudes) having a low density; thin; rarefied
[12] uncommonly great; extreme kind to a rare degree
[13] exhibiting uncommon excellence; superlatively good or fine rare skill
[14] highly valued because of its uncommonness a rare prize
[15] (of meat, esp beef) very lightly cooked

Words related to Rare

limited, unusual, singular, uncommon, occasional, extraordinary, strange, unlikely, subtle, scarce, unique, unthinkable, great, delicate, rich, priceless, exquisite, attenuate, deficient, few

Words nearby Rare

raptured, rapturous, raptus, rar, rara avis, rare, rare bird, a, rare book, rare earth, rare gas, rare-earth element

Origin of Rare

21645–55; variant of earlier rear, Middle English rere, Old English hrēr lightly boiled

Words that may be confused with Rare

extinct, rare, scarce

Other words from Rare

rare·ness , noun
rare·ness , noun

Word origin for Rare

Old English hrēr ; perhaps related to hreaw raw

Synonyms for Rare

extraordinary, limited, occasional, scarce, singular, strange, subtle, uncommon, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual, attenuate, attenuated, deficient, few, few and far between, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, out of the ordinary, rarefied, recherché, scanty, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, short, sparse, sporadic, subtile, tenuous, thin, unfrequent, unheard of, unimaginable, unwonted