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special |
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adjective |
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Unique or specific to a person or thing or category |
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bizarre, categorical, certain, characteristic, choice, curious, different, differential, distinct, distinctive, endemic, esoteric, especial, idiosyncratic, individual, inimitable, new, not that sort, not the same, not the type, novel, odd, of another sort, one of a kind, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, personal, queer, rare,
representative, select, signal, singular, solipsistic, specific, strange, sui generis, taxonomic, typal, typical, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird
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special |
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adjective |
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Adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose |
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special |
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adjective |
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defined, defining, definite, detailed, exact, explicit, express, pointed,
precise, set, specific, strict
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special |
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adjective |
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dear, intimate |
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ardent, bosom, close, closest, constant, dear, determinate, determined, devoted, faithful, fast,
good, great, intimate, loyal, particular, staunch, steadfast, tight,
tried and true, true
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special |
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adjective |
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, breath-taking, celebrated, chief, conspicuous, distinguished, earthshaking, elevated, eminent, excellent, exceptional, extraordinaire, extraordinary, fabulous,
famed, famous, fantastic,
far-out, foremost, gala,
glorious, grand, great, historic, illustrious, important, impressive, incomparable, incredible, inimitable, magnificent, major, marked, marvelous, matchless, memorable,
mind-blowing, miraculous, momentous, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of the utmost importance, out of sight, out of this world, outstanding, overwhelming, paramount, peerless, predominant, pressing, prestigious, primary, prime, principal, prominent, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, respective, salient, signal, significant, smashing, spectacular, striking, sublime, super, super-duper, superb, terrific, the greatest, too good for words, too much, unbelievable, unequaled, unforgettable, unparalleled, unprecedented, unreal, unrivaled, urgent, valued, well-known, wonderful,
wonderous
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special |
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noun |
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nothing special |
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Middle America, bourgeoisie, burgherdom,
fourth-rater, mediocrity, middle
class, middle order, middle orders, no prize, nobody special, nonentity, second-rater, silent majority, small beer, small potatoes, suburbia, third-rater, tinhorn
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special case |
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allowance, cession, circumscription, concession, definiteness, exception, exemption, extenuating circumstances, grain of salt, grant, hedge, hedging, limitation, mental reservation,
modification, qualification, reservation, restriction, salvo, special treatment, speciality, specialness,
specialty, specificality, specification, specificness, waiver
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special delivery |
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PP, RD, RFD, airmail, book post, correspondence, direct-mail selling, direct mail, express, fourth-class mail, frank, halfpenny post, junk mail,
letter post, letters, mail-order selling, mail, mailing list, newspaper post, parcel post, post, post day, registered mail, rural delivery, rural free delivery, sea mail,
seapost, special handling, surface mail
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special interests |
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Black Power, Italian vote, Jewish vote,
Polish Power, Rasputin, Svengali,
VIP, White Power, access,
bad influence, big wheel, black
vote, court, eminence grise, farm interests, financial interests, five-percenter, friend at court,
good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, interest group, key, kingmaker, labor interests, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, powers that be, pressure
group, sinister influence, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, vested interests, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller
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special school |
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alternate, alternative school, blab school,
boarding school, central school, consolidated school, continuation school, correspondence school, country day school, dame school,
day school, evening school, extension, finishing school, free school, informal school, night school,
nongraded school, open classroom school, pensionat,
platoon school, private school, progressive school, public school, school without walls, storefront school, street academy, summer school, union school, vacation
school
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special treatment |
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advance, advancement, allowance, cession, circumscription, concession, exception, exemption, expediting, expedition, extenuating
circumstances, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance,
grain of salt, grant, hedge,
hedging, helping along, limitation,
mental reservation, modification, preferential treatment,
promotion, qualification, reservation, restriction, rushing, salvo, special case, specialness, specification, speeding, waiver
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Main entries similar to: special
absolute, another, article, big, bosom, cardinal, categorical, celebrated,
certain, characteristic, choice, choo-choo, concrete, conspicuous, daily, defined, defining, definite, detailed, determinate, different, differential, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, divisional, drug, el, electric, elevated, else,
eminent, esoteric, especial, especially, esteemed, estimable, exact, exceptional, express, extra, extraordinary, fancy, feature, finicky, fixed, flier, flyer, freight,
freighter, full, funicular, fussy, gazette, golden, individual, individualistic, informal, inner, interurban, intimate, isolated, item, lead item, leader, limited, local,
marked, memorable, meticulous, metro, minute, monorail, news, newspaper, nice, noble, notable, noteworthy, novel,
occasional, ordinal, other, otherwise, out of the ordinary,
outstanding, paper, particular, particularly, peculiar, personal, picayune, precise, prestigious, private, privileged, product, prominent, proper, rag, rare, remarkable, rememberable,
reputable, respective, rolling stock, salient, seconds, select, set, several,
sheet, shuttle, signal, single, singular, speciality, specific, specifically, staple, streamliner, striking, subway, sui generis, tabloid, telling, train, tube, typical,
underground, unforgettable, unique, unparalleled, very, ware, weekly
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