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Meaning of word rare from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

rare   adjective

Meaning : Not widely known. Especially valued for its uncommonness.

Example : A rare word.
Rare books.

Meaning : Recurring only at long intervals.

Example : A rare appearance.
Total eclipses are rare events.

Meaning : Not widely distributed.

Example : Rare herbs.
Rare patches of green in the desert.

Meaning : Having low density.

Example : Rare gasses.
Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.

Synonyms : rarefied, rarified

Meaning : Marked by an uncommon quality. Especially superlative or extreme of its kind.

Example : What is so rare as a day in June.
A rare skill.
An uncommon sense of humor.
She was kind to an uncommon degree.

Synonyms : uncommon

Meaning : (of meat) cooked a short time. Still red inside.

Example : Rare roast beef.