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rarity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of rarity

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

Words Related to rarity

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

Snow is a rarity in this part of the world.

Synonyms of rarity

aberration, abnormality, anomaly, exception, oddity, oddment

Words Related to rarity

curiosity, peculiarity, singularity

accident, phenomenon, quirk, vagary

distortion, kink, mutation, variation

difference, disparity, inconsistence, inconsistency

contradiction, paradox

Near Antonyms of rarity

norm, ordinary, usual

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