All special synonyms

adj special

• limited — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
• major — Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
• certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
• primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
• appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
• individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
• proper — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
• different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
• personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
• main — chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
• unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
• significant — important; of consequence.
• particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
• memorable — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
• unique — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
• peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
• rare — Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne
• specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
• specialized — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
• choice — If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.
• chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
• gala — festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions.
• sole — being the only one; only: the sole living relative.
• best — Best is the superlative of good.
• first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
• smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
• definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
• festive — pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
• marked — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
• momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
• out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
• red-letter — marked by red letters, as festival days in the church calendar.
• reserved — kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
• restricted — confined; limited.
• select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
• uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
• unreal — not real or actual.
• determinate — Determinate means fixed and definite.
• defined — If something is clearly defined or strongly defined, its outline is clear or strong.
• designated — (of a truth value) corresponding to truth in a two-valued logic, or having one of the analogous values in a many-valued logic
• earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.