particular

About 159.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
2. adjective Specific; discrete; concrete.

   I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.

3. adjective Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

   I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

4. adjective Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
5. adjective Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

   My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.

6. adjective Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

   He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.

7. adjective Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

   a full and particular account of an accident

8. adjective Containing a part only; limited.

   a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder

Similar words

special specific item especial primary detail exceptional careful fastidious finicky

Often followed by

case the interest attention to time type kind form

Word family

particulars