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Uncommon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not common; rare.

adj. Wonderful; remarkable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. rare; not readily found; unusual

adj. remarkable; exceptional

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not common; not usual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; extraordinary; strange.

Synonyms Scarce, unusual, unwonted, unique, singular, queer. See common.

Exceedingly; very: as, uncommon cheap.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

adj. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind

Word Usage

""Now, this is what I call uncommon jolly," said Captain Bunting, sitting down on his saddle before the cheerful blaze, rubbing his hands, and gazing round, with a smile of the utmost benignity on his broad, hairy countenance."

Equivalent

extraordinary especial unwonted rare red carpet

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unwonted rare infrequent scarce unusual

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bahman Raman aman common lahman

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

extraordinary utmost exceptional astonish unexpected