rarity

Plural: rarities

Noun

• The state or quality of being rare; an uncommon thing.
• noteworthy scarcity
• a rarified quality
• something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
• A measure of the scarcity of an object.
• Thinness; the property of having low density
• A rare object.

Examples

• A triple-word score for a long word is a true rarity in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

curio, curiosity, infrequency, low density, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rareness, tenuity, black swan, hen's tooth, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit, subtlety, unicorn

Antonyms

formula, model, rule, standard

Related Words

occasionally, rare, rarely, rareness