singular, exceptional, out of the ordinary, noteworthy, notable, distinctive, atypical, individual; unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unheard-of, recherchd; remarkable, wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary, phenomenal.
2. excellent, fine, superfine, exquisite; outstanding, standout, superior, a cut or notch above, preeminent, Fr. par excellence; first-rate, first-class, of the first water, Inf. A-l or A-one or A-number-one; special, choice, of choice, select; incomparable, inimitable, nonpareil, peerless, matchless, second to none, in a class by itself, Latin, sui generis; precious, priceless, invaluable.
3. infrequent, few and far between, seldom seen, seldom met with; scattered, scattered or spread here and there; sparse, scant, scanty, exiguous, in short supply, at a premium, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, Inf. scarcer than hen's teeth. 4. (all of meat) undercooked, underdone, red, blue, bloody, Fr. saignant.

rarefied, adj. 1. lofty, elevated, exalted, high, prominent, eminent; sublime.
2. exclusive, select, selective, Inf. choosy, Inf. picky; cliquish, clannish, insular, closed; snobbish, too good for one.

rarely, adv. 1. infrequently, seldom, seldom if ever, very seldom, hardly, hardly ever, scarcely, scarcely ever; not often, on rare occasions, only now and then, only when necessary, once in a great while, Inf. once in a blue moon.
2. unusually, uncommonly, uncustomarily; exceptionally, singularly, notably, distinctively, atypically; remarkably, marvelously, wonderfully, extraordinarily, phenomenally,

rarity, n. 1. nonesuch, nonpareil, one of a kind, one in a thousand, Inf. one for the books, Inf. something to write home about, Inf. something else; oddity, curiosity, funny or peculiar or strange thing, curio, conversation piece; abnormality, anomaly; marvel, wonder, wonderful thing, really something; marvelment, wonderment, gazingstock, Brit. Dial. gapeseed.
2. rareness, uncommonness, unusualness, uniqueness, exceptionality; unfamiliarity, unwontedness.
3. infrequency, infrequence, seldomness; irregularity, intermittence, occasionalness, sporadicity; scarcity, scarceness, scantness, fewness. 4. excellence, superiority, eminence, preeminence, distinction, greatness; quality, fineness, worth, value.
5. thinness, tenuousness, tenuity, subtlety, exiguity,

rascal, n. 1. devil, little devil, holy terror, troublemaker, mischief-maker; imp, puck, scamp, wag, minx, bad boy, Sl. little bugger, Fr. enfant terrible, Irish Eng. spalpeen.
2. knave, rogue, rapscallion, scapegrace, ne'er-do-well, wastrel; villain, miscreant, reprobate, incorrigible; wretch, cur, cad, dog, scoundrel, dastard, blackguard, Archaic, bezonian, Inf. rat, Inf. creep, Inf. louse, Inf. stinker, Derog. bastard, Derog. SOB, Sl. bum, Chiefly Brit. Sl. rotter, Chiefly Brit. Sl. bounder, Brit. Inf. blighter.

rascality, n. 1. mischievousness, impishness, puckishness, devilishness, scampishness, waggishness.
2. knavery, roguery, roguishness, unscrupulousness, baseness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy; churlishness, blackguardism.
3. mischief, pettifoggery, chicanery, shenanigans, hanky-panky, Sl. funny business, Sl. monkey business, Sl. monkeyshines.

rash¹, adj. 1. unduly quick, precipitate, hasty; reckless, careless, heedless, thoughtless, pell-mell, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, head-over-heels, brash, incautious, injudicious, ill-advised, indiscreet, unwary, foolish; abrupt, sudden, unexpected, premature.