in particular

1. 1.

   specifically or especially distinguished from others

   “loves Bach, particularly his partitas”

   “recommended one book in particular”

   “trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular”

   Synonymsparticularly

Questions about in particular

What does in particular mean?

in particular means "specifically or especially distinguished from others".

What is another word for in particular?

Close synonyms include particularly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in particular a common word?

in particular is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.