Synonyms for Specific:

adj.
• categorical
• certain
- a couple
- a few
- upwards of
- many
- some
• clear-cut
- Sharp-cut
- clear cut
- unquestioned
- evident
- obvious
• cut-and-dried
- cut and dried
- in the cards
- prearranged
• different
- another story
- extra ordinary
- something else
- most novel
• especial
- out-standing
- pre-eminent
- preponderant
• finite
- terminable
• single
- not general
- not public
- singled out
- singled-out
- uncompounded
- unshared
- without equal
- unblended
• special
- discriminating
- distinguishing
- feature
- hallmark
- idiosyncratic
- keynote
- particular
- quirky
- specialized
- Earmarked
• accurate
- de fined
- de-fined
- dis criminating
- dis criminative
- dis-criminating
- dis-criminative
- matter-of-fact
- more careful
- more defined
- more ultraprecise
- most defined
- most ultraprecise
- on button
- on money
- on nose
- on the money
- re gular
- re-gular
- severe
- ultra precise
- ultra-precise
- ultraprecise
- un erring
- un mistakable
- un-erring
- un-mistakable
• ad hoc
- provisional
• all
- specific
• characteristic
- in born
- in bred
- in grained
- in-born
- in-bred
- in-grained
- more differentiating
- more inbred
- more individualizing
- most differentiating
- most inbred
- most individualizing
- re presentative
- re-presentative
• concrete
- more concrete
• definite
- Undubitable
- de finite
- de-finite
- more silhouetted
- more undubitable
- more well marked
- more well-marked
- more wellmarked
- most silhouetted
- most undubitable
- most well marked
- most well-marked
- most wellmarked
- ringing
- un dubitable
- un-dubitable
- well grounded
- well marked
- well-marked
- wellgrounded
- wellmarked
• definitive
- more completing
- more ending
- more finishing
- more limiting
- more settling
- more terminating
- most completing
- most ending
- most finishing
- most limiting
- most settling
- most terminating
- nailed down
- re liable
- re liabler
- re liablest
- re-liable
- re-liabler
- re-liablest
- terminal
• descriptive
- de scribing
- de-scribing
- ex tended
- ex-tended
- expressive
- illuminating
- more anecdotic
- more characterizing
- more classificatory
- more depictive
- more describing
- more designating
- more identifying
- more particularized
- more revealing
- most anecdotic
- most characterizing
- most classificatory
- most depictive
- most describing
- most designating
- most identifying
- most particularized
- most revealing
- true life
• detailed
- all inclusive
- allinclusive
- co pious
- co-pious
- de scribed
- de tailed
- de-scribed
- de-tailed
- dis closed
- dis-closed
- more amplified
- more circumstantiated
- more clocklike
- more described
- more disclosed
- more elaborate
- more elaborated
- more enumerated
- more individualized
- more point by point
- more point-by-point
- more seriatim
- more unfolded
- most amplified
- most circumstantiated
- most clocklike
- most described
- most disclosed
- most elaborated
- most enumerated
- most individualized
- most point by point
- most point-by-point
- most seriatim
- most unfolded
- point-by-point
- un folded
- un-folded
• distinct
- dis similar
- dis united
- dis-similar
- dis-united
- more disunited
- more enunciated
- more recognizable
- more unassociated
- most disunited
- most enunciated
- most recognizable
- most unassociated
- noticeable
- palatable
- pre scribed
- pre-scribed
- re cognizable
- re-cognizable
- recognizable
- trans parent
- trans-parent
- un associated
- un attached
- un-associated
- un-attached
• each
- anier
- aniest
• exact
- bull eye
- bull'seye
- bull-eye
- bulleye
- bulls eye
- bullseye
- ex act
- ex-act
- on numbers
• express
- de liberate
- de-liberate
- ex press
- ex pressed
- ex-press
- ex-pressed
- in tended
- in-tended
- more designful
- more expressed
- more witting
- most designful
- most expressed
- most witting
- out right
- out righter
- out rightest
- out-right
- out-righter
- pre meditated
- pre-meditated
- un conditional
- un-conditional
- uttered
• factual
- card carrying
- cardcarrying
- more card carrying
- more card-carrying
- more cardcarrying
- more sure enough
- more sure-enough
- more sureenough
- more true to life
- more true-to-life
- most card carrying
- most card-carrying
- most cardcarrying
- most sure enough
- most sure-enough
- most sureenough
- most true to life
- most true-to-life
- on level
- righteous
- straight from horse mouth
- straight from horses mouth
- sureenough
- un adorned
- un biased
- un-adorned
- un-questionable
- unadorned
• firm
- in flexible
- in tent
- in-flexible
- more never failing
- more never-failing
- more neverfailing
- more resolved
- more stipulated
- more undeviating
- most never failing
- most never-failing
- most neverfailing
- most resolved
- most stipulated
- most undeviating
- never failing
- neverfailing
- persistent
- pre vailing
- re solute
- re-solute
- re-solved
- staunch
- un bending
- un changeable
- un deviating
- un flinching
- un shakable
- un shaken
- un wavering
- un yielding
- un-bending
- un-changeable
- un-deviating
- un-flinching
- un-shakable
- un-shaken
- un-wavering
- un-yielding
• individual
- in dividual
- in divisible
- in-dividual
- in-divisible
- more diacritic
- more personalized
- more unitary
- most diacritic
- most personalized
- most unitary
- personalized
- re served
- re-served
• occasional
- few
n.
- under control
- within limits
- (all) by itself
- for someone's part
- on that/this score
• fact
- in formations
- in-formation
- in-formations
- trans action
- trans actions
- trans-action
- trans-actions
• item
- conversation pieces
- de tail
- de tails
- de-tail
- de-tails
- dis patch
- dis patches
- dis-patch
- dis-patches
- minor points
Other synonyms:

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clear
tight

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weak

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little
narrow
small

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popular
style

•

handle
right

•

call
full
title

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• accurate

exact

• conclusive

demonstrative

• definite

firm

• every

each

• explicit

express

• express

explicit

• that is to say

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• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

one and only

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  particular, precise, special.
- Proper noun, singular
  particular, precise, particulars.
- Noun, plural
  special, particulars.
- Noun, singular or mass
  particular, precise, special.
- Adverb
  particular.
- Verb, past tense
  particular, special.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  particular.
- Verb, base form
  particular.
Reverse Entailment
- Adjective
  gender-specific, product-specific.
- Proper noun, singular
  product-specific.
- Noun, plural
  specificities.
- Noun, singular or mass
  gender-specific.
Independent
- Adjective
  accurate, actual, applicable, careful, categorical, characteristic, clear-cut, committed, comprehensive, concerted, concise, correct, corresponding, decisive, definitive, deliberate, detailed, direct, distinguishing, established, exact, explicit, express, extenuating, factual, few, fine-grained, fixed, focused, focussed, generic, genuine, identifiable, idiosyncratic, indefinite, inherent, isolated, meaningful, narrow, pertinent, practical, pragmatic, prescribed, preset, privileged, professional, punctual, qualified, realistic, refined, respective, selective, self-explanatory, several, sharp, singular, solid, specialised, specialist, specialized, specifically, specified, straightforward, strange, strict, substantial, substantive, such, tailor-made, tailored, tangible, thematic, timely, topical, typical, unambiguous, unspecified, very, well-defined, Sectoral, one-off, Specifying, pinpointed, specifications, non-specific, real-life, ad-hoc, real-world, site-specific, special-purpose, species-specific, disease-specific, women-specific, tissue-specific, case-specific, issue-specific, host-specific, particulier, well-targeted, treaty-specific, project-specific, in-focus, mission-specific, connection-specific.
- Proper noun, singular
  accurate, detailed, focused, practical, special, specialized, specifically, specified, Organizations, outlines, requirements.
- Noun, plural
  Duties, Entries, Particularities, Parties, Forms, Guidelines, levels, methods, actions, exposures, purposes, rules, types, targets, points, limits, aspects, problems, audiences, characteristics, requirements, merits, gatherers, perspectives, markings, specifications.
- Noun, singular or mass
  accurate, characteristic, explicit, express, practical, precision, specialist, speciality, specifically, specification, specificity, specified, target, particulier.
- Adverb
  specifically.
- Verb, past tense
  focused, specified, Aimed.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  according, distinguishing, extenuating, hitting, learning, setting, taking, Arising, Pertaining, Requiring, Promoting, Specifying, implementing.
- Verb, past participle
  articulated, confined, focused, specified, tailored, Earmarked.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  special, steps, Does, helps, includes, expires, applies, notes, becomes, PROPRES.
Other Related
- Adjective
  certain, distinctive.
- Proper noun, singular
  certain, distinctive.
- Noun, singular or mass
  certain.

What are the hypernyms for Specific?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
appointed, defined, definite, descriptive, detailed, exact, express, particular, precise.

What are the hyponyms for Specific?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for specific (as nouns)
- artifact
  medicine, medication, medicinal drug, medicament.

What are the opposite words for specific?

Antonyms for the word "specific" include general, vague, nonspecific, indefinite, and ambiguous. These words imply a lack of clarity or precision and suggest a broad or imprecise meaning. Something that is general lacks details and is not focused on a particular thing. Similarly, something that is vague implies a lack of clarity or precision and is not well-defined. Nonspecific refers to something that is not clearly defined or does not relate to a particular thing or category. Something that is indefinite suggests a lack of clear boundaries or limitations, and ambiguous implies a lack of clarity or certainty in meaning or intent.

What are the antonyms for Specific?

adj.
• aimless
- Objectless
- bits and pieces
- bits-and-pieces
- directionless
- fits and starts
- fits starts
- goalless
- in decisive
- in-decisive
- more bits and pieces
- more directionless
- more drifting
- more goalless
- more objectless
- more undirected
- more unguided
- more vagrant
- most bits and pieces
- most bits-and-pieces
- most directionless
- most drifting
- most goalless
- most objectless
- most undirected
- most unguided
- most vagrant
- un availing
- un directed
- un guided
- un planned
- un predictable
- un-availing
- un-directed
- un-guided
- un-planned
- un-predictable
- undirected
- unguided
• alike, associated
- cognate
• all
- general
- nonspecific
• all-embracing, general
- catholic
• catholic
- World-wide
- all inclusive
- allinclusive
- broad minded
- broadminded
- ex tensive
- ex-tensive
- global
- in determinate
- in-determinate
- large scale
- largescale
- more extensive
- more unbigoted
- more unsectarian
- more world wide
- more world-wide
- most unbigoted
- most unsectarian
- most world wide
- most world-wide
- open minded
- openminded
- un bigoted
- un prejudiced
- un sectarian
- un-bigoted
- un-prejudiced
- un-sectarian
- unbigoted
- unsectarian
- whole
- wide
- world wide
- worldwide
• cognate
- more incident
- most incident
- re-lated
• common
- Commutual
- Intermutual
- co incident
- co-incident
- communistic
- conjunct
- in common
- inter mutual
- inter-mutual
- more communistic
- more commutual
- more correspondent
- more socialistic
- most communistic
- most community
- most commutual
- most conjunct
- most correspondent
- most intermutual
- most socialistic
- pre vailing
- socialistic
- well known
- wellknown
• common, general
- generic
• common, regular
- ordinary
• complete, thorough
- total
• comprehensive
- across board
- across the board
- all embracing
- all-embracing
- allembracing
- dis cursive
- dis-cursive
- far reaching
- far-reaching
- farreaching
- in depth
- in finite
- in-finite
- infinite
- lock stock and barrel
- lock stock barrel
- more all embracing
- more all-embracing
- more comprising
- more containing
- more encircling
- more synoptic
- more umbrella
- more wall to wall
- more wall-to-wall
- most all embracing
- most all-embracing
- most allembracing
- most comprising
- most containing
- most encircling
- most synoptic
- most umbrella
- most wall to wall
- most wall-to-wall
- of great scope
- synoptic
- the big picture
- the whole shebang
- the works
- wall to wall
- wall-to-wall
- whole shebang
- workser
- worksest
• comprehensive, general
- eclectic
• cosmopolitan
- more well travelled
- more welltravelled
- most well travelled
- most well-travelled
- most welltravelled
- well travelled
- well-travelled
- welltravelled
• disorganized, vague
- formless
• eclectic
- many sided
- more mingled
- more wide ranging
- more wide-ranging
- more wideranging
- most mingled
- most wide ranging
- most wide-ranging
- most wideranging
- multi form
- multi-form
- wide ranging
- wide-ranging
- wideranging
• formless
- Orderless
- blobbier
- blobbiest
- blobby
- in choate
- in coherent
- in definite
- in distinct
- in-choate
- in-coherent
- in-definite
- in-distinct
- more orderless
- most orderless
- un clear
- un clearest
- un defined
- un formed
- un-clear
- un-clearest
- un-defined
- un-formed
- un-organized
• general
- all around
- allaround
- ill defined
- illdefined
- imprecise
- in accurate
- in-accurate
- more comprehending
- more matter of course
- more undetailed
- more unspecific
- most comprehending
- most imprecise
- most matter of course
- most matter-of-course
- most undetailed
- most unspecific
- not partial
- not particular
- not specific
- re gular
- re-gular
- run of the mill
- un confined
- un detailed
- un specific
- un-confined
- un-detailed
- un-eventful
- un-limited
- un-specific
- undetailed
- unspecific
• generally known; held in common
- common
• generic
- all encompassing
- all-encompassing
- allencompassing
- more all encompassing
- more all-encompassing
- more allencompassing
- more nonexclusive
- most all encompassing
- most allencompassing
- most nonexclusive
- non exclusive
- non-exclusive
- nonexclusive
• global
- all out
- allout
- inter national
- inter-national
- un bounded
- un-bounded
- worlder
- worldest
• haphazard
- Designless
- Willy nilly
- all over map
- all over the map
- any old way
- de signless
- de-signless
- devil may care
- dis orderly
- dis organized
- dis-orderly
- dis-organized
- fluker
- flukest
- helter skelter
- helterskelter
- more designless
- more unmethodical
- most designless
- un concerned
- un conscious
- un considered
- un expected
- un methodical
- un systematic
- un thinking
- un-concerned
- un-conscious
- un-considered
- un-expected
- un-methodical
- un-premeditated
- un-systematic
- un-thinking
- unmethodical
- willynilly
• implicit
- de finite
- de-finite
- implicative
- implied
- in articulate
- in evitable
- in-articulate
- in-evitable
- more contained
- more implicative
- more unquestioned
- most contained
- most implicative
- most unquestioned
- taken for granted
- un expressed
- un hesitating
- un qualified
- un questioned
- un said
- un shakable
- un spoken
- un uttered
- un-declared
- un-expressed
- un-hesitating
- un-qualified
- un-questioned
- un-reserved
- un-said
- un-shakable
- un-spoken
- under stood
- under-stood
• included without question, inherent, absolute
- implicit
• inclusive
- comprehensive
• indiscriminate
- Imperceptive
- in discriminate
- in-discriminate
- more imperceptive
- more mongrel
- more undiscriminating
- more unselective
- most imperceptive
- most mongrel
- most undiscriminating
- most unselective
- motley
- spoter
- spotest
- un critical
- un discriminating
- un selective
- un-critical
- un-discriminating
- un-selective
- uncritical
- undiscriminating
- unselective
- wholesale
• liberal
- avant garde
- avantgarde
- high minded
- highminded
- humanistic
- libertarian
- more humanistic
- more latitudinarian
- more libertarian
- more reformist
- most humanistic
- most libertarian
- un biased
- un conventional
- un-conventional
- under standing
- under-standing
• noun
- ambiguous
- broad
- circuitous
- cryptic
- dark
- enigmatic
- equivocal
- generalized
- inaccurate
- incomprehensible
- incorrect
- inexact
- obscure
- pandemic
- unintelligible
- unspecified
• overall
- long range
- long-range
- long-term
- longrange
- longterm
- more long range
- more long term
- more long-range
- more long-term
- more longrange
- more longterm
- most long range
- most long term
- most long-range
- most long-term
- most longrange
- most longterm
- overall
• particular, distinguishing
- Resembling
- careless
- commonplace
- fuzzy
- indefinite
- indistinct
- like
- normal
- similar
- standard
- uncertain
- undefined
- unlimited
- unreliable
- usual
- vague
• public
- ex posed
- ex-posed
- federal
- free all
- free to all
- in circulation
- more federal
- more government
- most federal
- most government
- opendoor
- re cognized
- re-cognized
- stater
- statest
- un restricted
- un-restricted
- without charge
• random
- Driftless
- more driftless
- more unaimed
- most driftless
- most unaimed
- un aimed
- un-aimed
- unaimed
• random, chaotic
- indiscriminate
• sweeping
- Bird-eye
- Overdrawn
- bird eye
- bird's eye
- bird's-eye
- bird'seye
- birdeye
- birds eye
- birds-eye
- birdseye
- more overdrawn
- more overstated
- more thorough-going
- more whole hog
- more wholehog
- most overdrawn
- most thorough going
- most thorough-going
- most whole hog
- most whole-hog
- most wholehog
- out and out
- over-drawn
- over-stated
- thorough going
- whole-hog
- wholehog
• total
- fullblown
- out right
- out righter
- out rightest
- out-right
- out-righter
- un conditional
- un disputed
- un divided
- un mitigated
- un-conditional
- un-disputed
- un-divided
- un-mitigated
• universal
- all over
- all-over
- allover
- more all over
- more all-over
- most all over
- most all-over
- most allover
- multi national
- multi-national
- uni versal
- uni-versal
• wholesale
- Bulker
- Masser
- bulkest
- in bulk
- in mass
- in quantity
- in the mass
- massest
- more quantitative
- most quantitative
- quantitative
• wide-ranging
- sweeping
• worldly-wise
- cosmopolitan
• worldwide, entire
- universal
adv.
• noun
- all-around
n.
• generality
- abstract principle
- abstract principles
- generalization
- generalizations
- half truth
- half truths
- half-truth
- half-truths
- halftruth
- halftruths
- loose statement
- loose statements
- sweeping statement
- sweeping statements
- universalities
- universality
• vague notion
- generality
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Usage examples for Specific

Inasmuch, however, as Kali did not remember them and could not give any more specific details about them, Stas propounded to him other questions.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Stas gave a more specific and complete account of everything.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

What did the addition of a few specific data matter?

"The Locusts' Years"

Mary Helen Fee

Famous quotes with Specific

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Lynn Abbey
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

Lynn Abbey
You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

Paula Abdul
The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

Theodor Adorno
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

Sidney Altman

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adj.

n.

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