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| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, specific |
| Synonyms: | accurate, appropriate, circumstantial, detailed, distinct, especial, express, full, individual, intrinsic, itemized, limited, local, meticulous, minute, painstaking, peculiar, precise, scrupulous, selective, singular, special, thorough, topical, blow-by-blow, clocklike, particularized |
| Antonyms: | general, indefinite, inexact, imprecise |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | notable, uncommon |
| Synonyms: | especial, exceptional, exclusive, lone, marked, noteworthy, odd, one, only, peculiar, personal, remarkable, respective, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique, unusual |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary, unimportant, usual |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finicky, demanding |
| Synonyms: | careful, choosy, critical, dainty, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, fussy, meticulous, nice, persnickety*, picky*, rough, stickler*, tough, choicy, finical, fussbudget, hard to please, nit-picking |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, nonchalant, undemanding, undiscriminating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
particular, censorious, dainty, delicate, difficult to please, fastidious, finical, hard to please, hypercritical, jimp, lickerish, nice, pleasing, queasy, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, strait-laced, thin-skinned
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| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
| Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, going to great lengths, playing safe, selfdisciplined |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, unconcerned, unscrupulous, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diagnostic, discriminating, distinctive, distinguishing, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique, differentiating, discriminative, emblematic, individualistic, individualizing |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, untypical, uncharacteristic |
| Main Entry: | chary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
| Synonyms: | cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful, constrained |
| Antonyms: | careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, willing, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | choosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fussy, discriminating |
| Synonyms: | dainty, eclectic, exacting, fastidious, finicky, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, prissy, select, selective, finical, overparticular |
| Antonyms: | undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | discriminating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, careful, choosy, discerning, distinctive, eclectic, fastidious, finicky, fussy, judicious, keen, opinionated, particular, persnickety*, picky, prudent, refined, select, selective, sensitive, tasteful, wise, choicy, cultivated, finical, individualizing |
| Antonyms: | uncritical, undiscriminating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | each |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | every |
| Synonyms: | all, any, exclusive, individual, one by one*, particular, personal, respective, separate, several, single, specific, various, piece by piece, without exception |
| Antonyms: | none |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exacting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding |
| Synonyms: | burdensome, careful, critical, difficult, exigent, finicky, fussy, grievous, hard, harsh, hypercritical, imperious, onerous, oppressive, painstaking, particular, persnickety, picky, precise, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, trying, unsparing, weighty, by the book, nit-picking |
| Antonyms: | giving, lending |
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, closed, complete, confined, country club, elegant, entire, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, sole, total, undivided, unique, whole, circumscribed, cliquish, discriminative, exclusionary, exclusory, socially correct, swank, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | extraordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange and wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, exceptional, fantastic, flash*, gnarly*, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, out of the ordinary, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terrific, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, weird, wicked*, fab, off beaten path, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual, unextraordinary, unsurprising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fastidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very careful, meticulous |
| Synonyms: | captious, choosy, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, discriminating, exacting, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, easily disgusted, finical, fussbudgety, hard to please, nit-picky, overdelicate, overnice, stickling |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, uncouth, uncritical, indiscriminating, uncareful, undemanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case, situation |
| Synonyms: | case history, case in point, detail, example, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, specimen, time, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | intrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, inborn |
| Synonyms: | built-in, central, congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, inherent, inmost, innate, intimate, material, native, natural, particular, peculiar, real, true, underlying, connate, constitutive, indwelling |
| Antonyms: | accidental, acquired, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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