rara avis

1. 1.

   a rare or unique person

   Synonymsrare bird

   Broaderperson

Questions about rara avis

What does rara avis mean?

rara avis means "a rare or unique person".

What is another word for rara avis?

Close synonyms include rare bird. 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 rara avis a common word?

rara avis 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.