Special

//ˈspɛʃ.əl//

Synonyms for "special" (246 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related words (123)

Adjective(2 words)

meticulous metro milk train minute momentous monorail national newspaper neighborhood newspaper news newspaper newspaper of record nice noble not that sort not the same not the type notable noteworthy novel occasional

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odd of a sort of another sort of mark of note of sorts ordinal other other than otherwise out of the ordinary outstanding paper paramount parliamentary parliamentary train particularly passenger train peculiar personal picayune pointed precise prestigious primary prime private privileged product prominent proper rack-and-pinion railroad rag railroad train rare rattler red-letter remarkable rememberable reputable respective rolling stock salient seconds select set several sheet shuttle shuttle train signal significant single singular solipsistic special edition special move speciality specially specific specifically standard article staple staple item staunch steadfast strange streamliner striking subdivisional subway sui generis tabloid taxonomic telling train tube typal typical uncommon unconventional underground unforgettable unique unorthodox unparalleled unscheduled unusual valued vendible very ware way train weekly weekly newspaper weird

Prep_phrase(1 words)

of note

Noun(2 words)

offer special move

Adjective(2 words)

particular peculiar

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

12 entries

TV program TV show correspondent dish journalist light offer offering report reporter television program television show

Antonyms

2 entries

common general

Synonyms

3 entries

exceptional limited particular

Related terms

2 entries

especial especially

coordinate

2 entries

spotlight stringer

derived

107 entries

Hemingway special Saturday night special Saturday-night special Special Olympics after school special after-school special antispecial blue plate special blue-light special blue-plate special businessman's special early bird special genderspecial handyman special handyman's special ladies' special

Showing 16 of 107 words.

has context

7 entries

british broadcasting euphemistic historical military nursing video games

is a

4 entries

dish offer television episode television program

related to

23 entries

b special beloved c special dear episode handicapped individual medicine mentally northern ireland one on one patient retarded series special constable special forces

Showing 16 of 23 words.

similar

10 entries

extraordinary primary specialised specialized specific uncommon unscheduled

Translations

234 translations across 80 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

i veçantë adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Arabic

3 entries

خاص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
خَاصّ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
خُصُوصِيّ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Armenian

2 entries

հատուկ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
հատուկ adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

məxsus adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
xas adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
xüsusi adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
əlahiddə adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Basque

1 entries

berezi adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Belarusian

3 entries

асаблі́вы adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
вынятко́вы adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
спецыя́льны adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Bengali

1 entries

বিশেষ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

खास adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Bulgarian

4 entries

любим adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
осо́бен adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
особен adj (constituting or relating to a species)
специа́лен adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Burmese

1 entries

ထူး adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Catalan

2 entries

especial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
especial adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

特別 /特别 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

專門的 /专门的 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
格外 adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
特別的 /特别的 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
特殊的 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Czech

4 entries

druhový adj (constituting or relating to a species)
jedinečný adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
speciální adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
zvláštní adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Danish

1 entries

speciel adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Dutch

3 entries

speciaal adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
speciaal adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
aanbieding noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Esperanto

2 entries

speciala adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
speciala adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Estonian

2 entries

eri adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
eriline adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Finnish

4 entries

erikoinen adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
erikois adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
erityinen adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
lajityypillinen adj (constituting or relating to a species)

French

3 entries

particulier adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
spécial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
solde noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Georgian

4 entries

გამორჩეული adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
განსაკუთრებული adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
განსაკუთრებული adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
საგანგებო adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

German

4 entries

Lieblings adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
Sonder adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
Sonder adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
Spezial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Greek

4 entries

έκτακτος adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
ειδικός adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
ειδικός adj (constituting or relating to a species)
ιδιαίτερος adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Hebrew

4 entries

ייחודי adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד adj (of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities)

Hindi

2 entries

ख़ास adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
विशेष adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Hungarian

4 entries

(fajra) jellemző adj (constituting or relating to a species)
alkalmi adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
jellegzetes adj (constituting or relating to a species)
kisegítő adj (of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities)

Icelandic

1 entries

sérstakur adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Ido

2 entries

specala adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
specala adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Indonesian

4 entries

istimewa adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
khas adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
khusus adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
spesial adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Irish

2 entries

ar leith adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
speisialta adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Italian

3 entries

speciale adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
speciale adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
specifico adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Japanese

4 entries

特別な adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
特殊な adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
スペシャル noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)
スペシャル noun ((TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series)

Kazakh

2 entries

арнайы adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
арнаулы adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Khmer

1 entries

ពិសេស adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Korean

4 entries

특별하다 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
특수하다 adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
스페셜 noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)
스페셜 noun ((TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

атайын adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Lao

1 entries

ພິເສດ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Latgalian

1 entries

sovins adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Latin

3 entries

eximius adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
eximius adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
praecipuus adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Latvian

1 entries

īpašs adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Lithuanian

2 entries

nepaprastas adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
ypatingas adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wósebny adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Macedonian

1 entries

посебен adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Malay

4 entries

istimewa adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
istimewa adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
khas adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
khusus adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Marathi

2 entries

विशेष adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
विशेष कार्यक्रम noun ((TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series)

Mongolian

2 entries

онцгой adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
тусгай adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Māori

1 entries

motuhake adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Navajo

1 entries

spéshelígíí adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

taybet adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Norwegian

1 entries

spesiell adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

spesial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
spesiell adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

spesial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
spesiell adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Occitan

1 entries

especial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Old English

2 entries

synderlīċ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
synderlīċ adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Pashto

3 entries

خاص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
خصوصي adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
مخصوص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Persian

4 entries

استثنایی adj (of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities)
خاص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
مخصوص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
ویژه adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

besonda adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Polish

4 entries

osobliwy adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
specjalny adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
wyjątkowy adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
wyjątkowy adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Portuguese

3 entries

especial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
especial adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
oferta noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Romanian

1 entries

special adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Russian

4 entries

видово́й adj (constituting or relating to a species)
дорого́й adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
люби́мый adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
осо́бенный adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

air leth adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
sònraichte adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
sònraichte adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
àraidh adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

póseban adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
spȅcijālan adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
по́себан adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
спе̏ција̄лан adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Slovak

3 entries

zvláštny adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
špeciálny adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
zľava noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Slovene

1 entries

poseben adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Spanish

3 entries

especial adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
especial adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
oferta noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Swahili

1 entries

maalum adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Swedish

4 entries

speciell adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
speciell adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)
speciell adj (of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities)
särskild adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Tajik

4 entries

алоҳида adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
вижа adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
махсус adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
хос adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Tatar

1 entries

махсус adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Thai

1 entries

พิเศษ adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Turkish

3 entries

has adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
özel adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
özel adj (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored)

Turkmen

1 entries

aýratyn adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ви́їмковий adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
особли́вий adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
спеціа́льний adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Urdu

2 entries

خاص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
مخصوص adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئالاھىدە adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
خاس adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Uzbek

3 entries

alohida adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
maxsus adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
xos adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Vietnamese

2 entries

đặc biệt adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
giảm giá đặc biệt noun (A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered)

Welsh

1 entries

arbennig adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Yiddish

1 entries

ספּעציעל adj (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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The head of the college, Miss Baker, had a special place in the car park for her small car.

Source: tatoeba (21312)

In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.

Source: tatoeba (23689)

Are you doing anything special?

Source: tatoeba (25050)

We can offer you a special 5% discount on STL#3456, provided that you place an order of more than 15 units at one time.

Source: tatoeba (27485)

Showing 4 of 41 available sentences.

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Special

Synonyms for "special" (246 found)

Closest matches (50)

Strong matches (73)

Related words (123)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

coordinate

derived

has context

is a

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Lower Sorbian

Macedonian

Malay

Marathi

Mongolian

Māori

Navajo

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Occitan

Old English

Pashto

Persian

Plautdietsch

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian