Adjective rare has 6 senses
  1. rare - not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
    Antonym:
    common (indirect, via uncommon)
  2. rare - recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
    Antonym:
    frequent (indirect, via infrequent)
  3. rare - not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of gree in the desert"
    Antonym:
    abundant (indirect, via scarce)
  4. rare, uncommon - marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
    Antonym: ordinary (indirect, via extraordinary)
  5. rare, rarefied, rarified - having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
    Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
  6. rare - (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
    Antonym:
    cooked (indirect, via raw)
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