unique

The only one of its kind, with no other exactly like it.

• Each fingerprint is unique.
• The museum owns a unique handwritten book.
• This custom is unique to our village.

How to use it: unique to someone/something (This bird is unique to the island.)

Similar words: one of a kind, unmatched

Common phrases: unique to something, a unique design, a unique identity

Unusual or special in a way that makes something different from most others.

• She has a unique style.
• We wanted a unique gift for him.
• Their unique approach made the class much more interesting.

Similar words: unusual, distinctive

Opposites: ordinary

Common phrases: a unique gift, a unique style, a unique experience