 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Uncommon \Un*com"mon\, adjective Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.
Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- {Un*com"mon*ly}, adverb -- {Un*com"mon*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
uncommon
adjective
1: not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" [ant: {common}]
2: 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" [syn: {rare}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncommon": almost unheard-of, appalling, astonishing, at a premium, breakaway, conspicuous, different, egregious, exceptional, extraordinary, extremely, fabulous, fantastic, few, formidable, in short supply, incredible, infrequent, marked, marvelous, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, novel, occasional, of mark, offbeat, original, out of print, out of season, out of stock, outstanding, rare, rarely, recherche, remarkable, scanty, scarce, seldom, seldom met with, seldom seen, signal, singular, slow, sparse, sporadic, strange, striking, sui generis, superior, uncommonly, uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unthinkable, unthought-of, unusual, unusually, unwonted, wonderful
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |