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specific has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are general, nonspecific.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
“rules with specific application”
being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
“quinine is highly specific for malaria”
2 of the 6 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for specific.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for specific come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
“he always reasons from the particular to the general”
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
“quinine is a specific for malaria”