rare

(s) not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- a rare word
- rare books
(s) recurring only at long intervals
- a rare appearance
- total eclipses are rare events
(s) not widely distributed
- rare herbs
- rare patches of green in the desert
(s) having low density
- rare gasses
- lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
rarefied, rarified,
(s) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
- a rare skill
- an uncommon sense of humor
- she was kind to an uncommon degree
uncommon,
(s) (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
- rare roast beef

Synonyms

rarefied rarified uncommon

Words of close approximity

rad RAF rag raj ram rap RAS rat raw ray

race rack racy raft rage ragi Rahu raid rail rain RAIU Raja rake rale Rama ramp Rana Rand rani rank rant rape rapt rase rash Rask rasp rate rave raze razz

rare bird rarebit rare earth rare-earth element raree-show rarefaction rarefied rarefy rarely rareness rare-roasted