Great as is the sensuous beauty of gems, their rarity and price adds an expression of distinction to them, which they would never have if they were cheap.
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Rarity
//ˈɹɛə.ɹə.ti//
Synonyms for "rarity" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
mistinessmuseum piecemythicalnessniggardlinessnonesuchoccasionalnessodditypaperinesspaucityphenomenonpovertyprodigiosityprodigiousnessprodigyquite a thingremarkablenessrestrictednessscant sufficiencyscantinessscarceness
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scarcityscrimpinessseldomnesssensationsightskimpinessslendernessslightnessslimnessslownesssmallnesssomething elsesparsenesssparsityspectaclestinginessstrange thingstringencystunnerstupendousnesssubtilitytenuitythinnesstightnesstreasureuncommonnessunfrequentnessuniquenessunordinarinessunusualnessunwontednessvaguenesswaterinessweaknesswispinesswonderwonderful thingwonderment
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8 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 34 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- рарытэ́т noun (rare object)
- рэ́дкасць noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- рэ́дкасць noun (rare object)
Bulgarian
3 entries- рядкост noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- рядкост noun (rare object)
- уникат noun (rare object)
Catalan
3 entries- raresa noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- raresa noun (rare object)
- raritat noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Czech
2 entries- vzácnost noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- vzácnost noun (rare object)
Danish
3 entries- raritet noun (rare object)
- sjældenhed noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- sjældenhed noun (rare object)
Dutch
3 entries- rariteit noun (rare object)
- zeldzaamheid noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- zeldzaamheid noun (rare object)
Esperanto
4 entries- kuriozaĵo noun (rare object)
- maloftaĵo noun (rare object)
- malofteco noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- raraĵo noun (rare object)
Estonian
2 entries- haruldus noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- haruldus noun (rare object)
Finnish
2 entries- harvinaisuus noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- harvinaisuus noun (rare object)
French
2 entries- rareté noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- rareté noun (rare object)
German
3 entries- Rarität noun (rare object)
- Seltenheit noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- Seltenheit noun (rare object)
Greek
1 entries- σπανιότητα noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Hindi
4 entries- दुर्लभ noun (rare object)
- दुर्लभता noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- विरल noun (rare object)
- विरलता noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Hungarian
3 entries- kuriózum noun (rare object)
- ritkaság noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- ritkaság noun (rare object)
Irish
2 entries- annaimhe noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- annamhacht noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Italian
2 entries- rarità noun (rare object)
- scarsità noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Latin
2 entries- rāritās noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- rāritās noun (rare object)
Latvian
1 entries- retums noun (rare object)
Lithuanian
2 entries- retenybė noun (rare object)
- retumas noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Middle English
1 entries- deynte noun (rare object)
Māori
2 entries- onge noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- onge noun (rare object)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- raritet noun (rare object)
- sjeldenhet noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- sjeldenhet noun (rare object)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- raritet noun (rare object)
- sjeldanheit noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- sjeldanheit noun (rare object)
Polish
3 entries- biały kruk noun (rare object)
- rarytas noun (rare object)
- rzadkość noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Portuguese
2 entries- raridade noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- raridade noun (rare object)
Romanian
2 entries- raritate noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- raritate noun (rare object)
Russian
3 entries- рарите́т noun (rare object)
- ре́дкость noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- ре́дкость noun (rare object)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rarìtēt noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- rarìtēt noun (rare object)
- rijétkōst noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- rijétkōst noun (rare object)
Spanish
3 entries- rareza noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- rareza noun (rare object)
- raridad noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Swedish
4 entries- rarhet noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- raritet noun (rare object)
- sällsynthet noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- sällsynthet noun (rare object)
Telugu
1 entries- వింత noun (rare object)
Turkish
4 entries- azlık noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- nadide noun (rare object)
- nadirlik noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- nedret noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
Ukrainian
3 entries- рарите́т noun (rare object)
- рі́дкість noun (measure of the scarcity of an object)
- рі́дкість noun (rare object)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנטיק noun (rare object)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Because of their rarity, pandas have become a world treasure.
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That's a rarity, however.
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Good conductors of heat are usually good conductors of electricity, but that puts the causal relation backwards. Conduction-band electrons can't help but transport kinetic energy, which--randomized--is heat. Putting heat before electricity is reasonable only because of the rarity of materials like diamond that conduct heat via the quasi-particles called phonons, which are communicable crystal-lattice vibrations.
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