Word Meanings - INFREQUENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual. The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. Sir T. Elyot.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INFREQUENT)
- Hare
- Scarce
- choice
- infrequent
- excellent
- few
- exceptional
- sparse
- unusual
- singular
- uncommon
- incomparable
- extraordinary
- unique
- dispersed
- valuable
- precious
- thin
- volatile
- Rare
- unabundant
- wanting
Related words: (words related to INFREQUENT)
- UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. - WANTLESS
Having no want; abundant; fruitful. - WANTON
wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." - SCARCEMENT
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. - DISPERSION
The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values - VALUABLENESS
The quality of being valuable. - CHOICELY
1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak. 2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton. - SPARSELY
In a scattered or sparse manner. - UNIQUE
Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. -- U*nique"ly, adv. -- U*nique"ness, n. - SINGULAR
Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts. (more info) 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. Bacon. And - WANTWIT
One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. Shak. - VOLATILENESS; VOLATILITY
Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness. Syn. -- See Levity. - WANTONNESS
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower. The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike. Young gentlemen would be as sad as - PRECIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness. - PRECIOUS
1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The precious bane." Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. Prov. iii. 15. Many things which - SCARCENESS; SCARCITY
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties. Chaucer. A scarcity of snow would raise - SCARCE
escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex + 1. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. You - EXCEPTIONAL
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv. - DISPERSED
Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony , harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. - CHOICEFUL
Making choices; fickle. His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser. - ANGWANTIBO
A small lemuroid mammal of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. - INDISPERSED
Not dispersed.