| Singular 1. (a.) Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. 2. (a.) Engaged in by only one on a side; single. 3. (a.) Existing by itself; single; individual. 4. (a.) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular. 5. (a.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural. 6. (a.) Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon. 7. (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments. 8. (a.) Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure. 9. (a.) Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. 10. (n.) An individual instance; a particular. 11. (n.) The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number. Thesaurus Entries a certain, abnormal, absolute, absurd, alone, an, anomalous, any, any one, appropriate, atomic, atypical, azygous, bizarre, celibate, certain, characteristic, concrete, conspicuous, crank, crankish, cranky, crotchety, curious, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, deviant, deviative, different, discrete, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, divergent, dotty, dual, eccentric, either, eminent, erratic, esoteric, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, fey, first and last, fixed, flaky, freaked out, freakish, freaky, funny, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, impair, important, in character, individual, indivisible, inner, integral, intimate, intrinsic, irreducible, irregular, isolated, kinky, kooky, lone, maggoty, marked, minute, monadic, monistic, notable, noteworthy, number, nutty, odd, oddball, off, off the wall, offbeat, one, one and only, only, only-begotten, out, outlandish, outre, outstanding, particular, passing strange, peculiar, personal, plural, precise, private, prominent, proper, quaint, queer, quintessential, quirky, rare, remarkable, respective, screwball, screwy, separate, several, signal, significant, simple, single, sole, solid, solipsistic, solitary, solo, special, specific, strange, superior, trial, true to form, twisted, unanalyzable, uncommon, unconventional, undivided, unearthly, unexampled, uniform, unimaginable, unique, unitary, unnatural, unordinary, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, wacky, weird, whimsical, whole, wondrous strange |