unique
Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
unique in a sentence
- The stamp in Grandad's album is unique: it is the only one ever printed with a spelling mistake.
- The museum keeps a unique clock, the only one of its kind ever made.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to unique?
- Acommon
- Bordinary
- Cone-of-a-kind
- Dtypical
Show the answer
C: one-of-a-kind. The other three mean the opposite of unique.
Words that mean something similar
one-of-a-kind
Words that mean the opposite
common, ordinary, typical
More words about size & amount
- unsurpassed: Better than all others; never beaten.
- unwieldy: Awkward to carry or use because it is big and clumsy.
- utmost: The greatest or highest amount possible.
- utter: Complete and total.
- vast: Extremely large; stretching a very long way.
- voracious: Extremely hungry or eager for a lot of something.
- wholly: Completely and entirely.
- zenith: The highest point that something reaches.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test