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Particular
//pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə//
Synonyms for "particular" (337 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (68)
carefuldetailexceptionalfinicalspecificabsoluteaccurateadjunctadoptiveadventureangleappointiveappropriatearticleaspectattentiveblow-by-blowbrass tackscaptiouscase
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case in pointcategoricalcensoriouscertaincharacteristicchoicychoosechoosingchoosycircumstancecircumstantialcitationclassificationalclassificatoryclosecomponentconcreteconscientiousconstituentcontingentcorrectcountcriticalcross referencecross sectiondaintydatumdefineddefiningdefinitedelicatedemandingdemonstrationdenominativedetachmentdetailed
Adjective(11 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (101)
determinatedifferentdifferentialdifficultdiscretediscriminatingdiscriminativedistinctdistinctivedistinguisheddistributionaldistributivedivisiondivisionaldivisionarydoleeacheclecticelectiveelectoral
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elementepisodeequalesotericespecialespeciallyessential factsessentialseven stepheneventexactexactingexactlyexampleexemplificationexigentexperienceexpressexquisiteextraordinaryfacetfactfactorfaithfulfastidiousfeaturefifty-fiftyfinefine pointfinickingfinickyfixedfractionfullfussygraphichalfhalf-and-halfhalvershaphappeninghappenstancehypercriticalillustrationin particularincidentincidentalindividualindividualisticinformationinnerinstallmentinstanceintimateisolateditemitemizedlocallone
Adjective(16 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (168)
mainmarkedmattermatter of factmeticulousmincingminor detailminuteminutiaminutiaenarrownicenotablenoteworthyoccasionoccasionaloccurrenceoneonlyordinal
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outstandingpainstakingparcelpartparticular propositionparticularizedparticularlyparticularspeculiarper capitaper headpercentageperfectionistperfectionisticpernicketypersnicketypersonalphenomenonpicayunepickypointportionpreciousprecisepreciselyprecisianisticprecisionisticpriggishprimaryprivatepro rataproportionalproportionateproratedprudishpunctiliouspunctualpuristicpuritanicpuritanicalquadrantquarterquotaquotationrandom samplerealityreferencerefinedregardreligiousremainderremarkablerespectrespectiverigidrigoroussamplesamplingscrupulousscrutinizingsectionsectorsegmentselectingselectivesensitiveseparateseveralsharesinglesingularsolesolipsisticsolitaryspecialspecialityspeciallyspecificallysqueamishstrictsubdivisionsubdivisionalsubgroupsubspeciessubtletaxonomictermthe concretethe datathe detailsthe dopethe factsthe individualthe informationthe particularthe particularsthe picturethe scoopthe scorethe specialthe specificthe specificsthe uniquethe whole storythingthoroughturn of eventstypaltypicaluniqueunusualvery
Adjective(30 words)
Noun(3 words)
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More general
7 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
similar
8 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خاص adj (logic: forming a part of a genus)
Belarusian
4 entries- асаблі́вы adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- асо́бны adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- прыва́тны adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- спецыя́льны adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Bengali
1 entries- বিশেষ adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Bulgarian
4 entries- взискателен adj (of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details)
- обстоятелствен adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
- особен adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- подробен adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
Catalan
4 entries- especial adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- minuciós adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
- particular adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- particular adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تایبەتی adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Esperanto
1 entries- aparta adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Finnish
4 entries- erityinen adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- erityinen adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- erityinen adj (logic: forming a part of a genus)
- nimenomainen adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
French
1 entries- particulier adj (logic: forming a part of a genus)
Galician
2 entries- particular adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- propio adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
German
4 entries- anspruchsvoll adj (of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details)
- besonderer adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- besonderer adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- besonders adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Hungarian
2 entries- bizonyos adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- konkrét adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Irish
3 entries- ar leith adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- meonúil adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
- sonrach adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Italian
4 entries- minuzioso adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
- particolare adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- proprio adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- speciale adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Japanese
3 entries- 特別 adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- 特有 adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- 独特 adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Latin
2 entries- proprius adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- speciālis adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wósebny adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Malay
2 entries- tertentu adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- tertentu adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഒരിനം adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Mongolian
1 entries- онцлогтой adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Māori
1 entries- tētahi adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Norwegian
1 entries- bestemt adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- خصوصی adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- خصوصی adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- مخصوص adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- مخصوص adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- besonda adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Polish
2 entries- konkretny adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- specyficzny adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
Portuguese
4 entries- especial adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- específico adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- minucioso adj (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious)
- particular adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Quechua
1 entries- waki adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Romanian
4 entries- caracteristic adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- particular adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- particular adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- special adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Russian
4 entries- конкре́тный adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- осо́бенный adj (distinguished in some way; special)
- осо́бый adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- отде́льный adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- air leth adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- air leth adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- air leth adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kònkretan adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- pojèdīnī adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- specìfičan adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- ко̀нкретан adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Spanish
1 entries- particular adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రత్యేక adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
Turkish
1 entries- tikel noun (philosophy: individual thing as opposed to a whole class)
Ukrainian
4 entries- конкре́тний adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- окре́мий adj (specific; discrete; concrete)
- особли́вий adj (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing)
- особли́вий adj (distinguished in some way; special)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
I have nothing particular to say.
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Do you have anything to say in particular?
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I have no particular reason to do so.
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