rarity
UK/ˈɹɛəɹəti/
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British/ˈɹɛːɹətɪj/
rarity noun: a measure of the scarcity of an object.
Noun
rarity (plural rarities)
- A measure of the scarcity of an object.
- Synonyms:
- rareness
- Thinness; the property of having low density
- Only the increasing rarity bothered him, and he thought that perhaps it was this which had turned the heads of other travellers and excited those absurd tales of night-gaunts whereby they explained the loss of such climbers as fell from these perilous paths.1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- Synonyms:
- subtlety
- A rare object.
- Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that...2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
- Synonyms:
- hen's tooth
rarity meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
rarity in Hindi
- measure of the scarcity of an object
- विरलता viraltā, दुर्लभता durlabhtā
- rare object
- विरल viral, दुर्लभ durlabh
rarity in Urdu
- a rarity, souvenir, gift
- سوغات sauġāt
- rarity
- تحفہ tuhfa, عجائب ajāib
rarity in Bengali
- বিরলতা, দুর্লভ বস্তু
rarity in Telugu
- rare object
- వింత vinta
More languagesFewer languages
- rarity in Malayalam
- അപൂർവ്വത, അത്യപൂർവ്വത, അപൂർവ്വത്വം, വെെരള്യം
- rarity in Kannada
- ವಿರಳತೆ, ಅಪೂರ್ವತೆ, ಅಪೂರ್ವವಸ್ತು, ಅನರ್ಘ್ಯವಸ್ತು
Examples of rarity in a sentence
- Condition and rarity are ruling the day in driving prices to new levels.”
- Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.
- In the times of Soini's arrival, the arrau turtle was a real rarity.
Synonyms of rarity
- rareness
- subtlety
- hen's tooth
- black swan
- lightning in a bottle
- one in a million
- rara avis
- rare bird
- rocking horse shit
- unicorn
Antonyms
Forms of rarity
| plural | rarities |
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Origin of rarity
From rare + -ity, borrowed from Middle French rarité, from Latin rāritās; compare French rareté. See also rare.
Words formed from rarity
Phrases with rarity
Questions about rarity
- What does rarity mean?
- Rarity means a measure of the scarcity of an object.
- What is rarity in Hindi?
- Rarity in Hindi is विरलता (viraltā), दुर्लभता (durlabhtā), विरल (viral). See Rarity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rarity?
- Rarity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rarity?
- Rarity is pronounced /ˈɹɛəɹəti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rarity?
- The plural of rarity is rarities.
Words near rarity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rarity (page history and authors); تحفہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); rarity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rarity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rarity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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