singular
Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
Example
“A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.”
Other meanings
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
“She has a singular personality.”
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
“a man of singular gravity or attainments”
Synonyms
- unique
Related words
- cosingular
- equisingular
- hypersingular
- singularism
- singularist
- singularization
- singularly
- singularness
- supersingular
- unsingular
- first-person singular
- second-person singular
Word history
From Latin "singulus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “singular” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.