particular

Adjective

• providing specific details or circumstances
  • a particular description of the room
    

• exacting especially about details
  • a finicky eater
    
  • fussy about clothes
    
  • very particular about how her food was prepared
    

• first and most important
  • his special interest is music
    
  • she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work
    

• surpassing what is common or usual or expected
  • he paid especial attention to her
    
  • exceptional kindness
    
  • a matter of particular and unusual importance
    
  • a special occasion
    
  • a special reason to confide in her
    
  • what's so special about the year 2000?
    

• separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
  • interested in one particular artist
    
  • a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him
    

• unique or specific to a person or thing or category
  • the particular demands of the job
    
  • has a particular preference for Chinese art
    
  • a peculiar bond of sympathy between them
    
  • an expression peculiar to Canadians
    
  • rights peculiar to the rich
    
  • the special features of a computer
    
  • my own special chair
    

Noun

• (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
  • it was perfect in all details
    

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
  • he always reasons from the particular to the general
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  particular(a) , finical , finicky , fussy , picky , special , especial(a) , exceptional , peculiar(a) , special(a) , particular proposition , detail , item , specific
• Antonyms: 
  universal , universal proposition , general