specific
English Thesaurus
1. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease (noun.artifact)
2. a fact about some part (as opposed to general) (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | fact, |
definition | : | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred (noun.cognition) |
3. stated explicitly or in detail (adj.all)
similar | : | specified, |
definition | : | clearly and explicitly stated (adj.all) |
4. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique (adj.all)
similar | : | ad hoc, |
definition | : | for or concerned with one specific purpose (adj.all) |
similar | : | circumstantial, |
definition | : | fully detailed and specific about particulars (adj.all) |
similar | : | limited, special, |
definition | : | having a specific function or scope (adj.all) |
similar | : | particular, |
definition | : | separate and distinct from others of the same group or category (adj.all) |
similar | : | proper, |
definition | : | limited to the thing specified (adj.all) |
similar | : | unique, |
definition | : | (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality (adj.all) |
also | : | precise, |
definition | : | sharply exact or accurate or delimited (adj.all) |
attribute | : | generality, |
definition | : | the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability (noun.attribute) |
5. being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides (adj.all)
domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | pathology, |
definition | : | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases (noun.cognition) |
6. a fact about some part (as opposed to general) (noun.cognition)
antonym | : | general, |
definition | : | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) (noun.cognition) |
7. stated explicitly or in detail (adj.all)
derivation | : | specificity, |
definition | : | the quality of being specific rather than general (noun.attribute) |
8. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique (adj.all)
antonym | : | general, |
definition | : | applying to all or most members of a category or group (adj.all) |
antonym | : | nonspecific, nonspecific, |
definition | : | not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides (adj.all) |
9. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | species, |
definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (noun.group) |
10. a fact about some part (as opposed to general) (noun.cognition)
antonym | : | general, |
definition | : | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) (noun.cognition) |
11. stated explicitly or in detail (adj.all)
derivation | : | specificity, |
definition | : | the quality of being specific rather than general (noun.attribute) |
12. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique (adj.all)
antonym | : | general, |
definition | : | applying to all or most members of a category or group (adj.all) |
antonym | : | nonspecific, nonspecific, |
definition | : | not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides (adj.all) |
13. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | species, |
definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (noun.group) |
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