rarity

rarity

noun

Definition of RARITY

1

something strange or unusual that is an object of interest <an American visitor in that remote Chinese village is a rarity>

Synonyms curio, exotic, objet d'art (also objet), oddity, oddment, rarity

Related Words found object, objet trouvé; curiosa, ephemera, virtu (or vertu); marvel, prodigy, rara avis, rare bird, wonder; abnormality, anomaly, freak, monster, monstrosity; malformation, mutant, mutation

2

something that is different from what is ordinary or expected <a meal accompanied by wine is a rarity in this house>

Synonyms aberration, abnormality, exception, oddity, oddment, rarity

Related Words curiosity, peculiarity, singularity; accident, bizarrerie, phenomenon, quirk, vagary; distortion, kink, mutation, variation; difference, disparity, inconsistence, inconsistency; error, mistake; contradiction, paradox

Near Antonyms norm, ordinary, usual