unique
unique is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. -- U*nique"ly, adv. -- U*nique"ness, n.
- 2.A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled. [R.] The phenix, the unique pf birds. De Quincey.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abstract
- ace
- alone
- and
- another
- apart
- atomic
- azygous
- bear
- beat
- but
- cast
- chalk
- cheese
- class
- combine
- compact
- creativeness
- daisy
- desolate
- differ
- difference
- different
- dine
- disjoin
- disjunction
- disparate
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- divergence
- divergent
- diversified
- diversify
- diversity
- dock
- dreary
- else
- far
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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