Uncommon

//ʌnˈkɒmən//

Synonyms for "uncommon" (120 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Translations

38 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изключителен adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • необикновен adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • особен adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Dutch

3 entries
  • exceptioneel adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • uitzonderlijk adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • zeldzaam adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nekomuna adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Finnish

3 entries
  • epätavallinen adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • harvinainen adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • poikkeuksellinen adj (remarkable; exceptional)

German

2 entries
  • ungebräuchlich adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • ungewöhnlich adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Irish

1 entries
  • éagsúlach adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 特異な adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • 珍しい adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • 非凡な adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Māori

2 entries
  • haraki adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • waraki adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Old English

1 entries
  • unġewunelīċ adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Polish

1 entries
  • niezwykły adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • excepcional adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • incomum adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • incomum adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Romanian

2 entries
  • necomun adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • rar adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Russian

1 entries
  • необы́чный adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Spanish

4 entries
  • extraño adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • incomún adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • insólito adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • insólito adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Swedish

4 entries
  • exceptionell adj (remarkable; exceptional)
  • ovanlig adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • rar adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)
  • remarkabel adj (remarkable; exceptional)

Welsh

1 entries
  • anghyffredin adj (rare; not readily found; unusual)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.

Source: tatoeba (28070)

Such a case is not uncommon today.

Source: tatoeba (41262)

Cholera is uncommon in Japan.

Source: tatoeba (55015)

We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon."

Source: tatoeba (407001)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.