Distinctive

What do we mean by distinctive?

Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic. adjective

Distinguished or attractive. adjective

Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat. adjective

A distinctive mark; specifically, in Hebrew grammar, a distinctive accent. There are 26 of these — 18 disjunctive and 8 conjunctive. noun

Marking distinction, difference, or peculiarity; distinguishing from something diverse; characteristic: as, distinctive names or titles; the distinctive characteristics of a species.

Having the power to distinguish and discern; discerning.

Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. adjective

Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. adjective

That serves to distinguish between things adjective

That is characteristic or typical of something adjective

Capable of being classified adjective

Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing adjective

A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.

(Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.

A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.

Words that are spelled similarly to distinctive:
distinctive, distinction, instinctive, disjunctive, distractive, indistinctive, distincture, undistinctive, distintivo, distinctio.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word distinctive:
webbed, pouch, passerine, insignia, beak, odor, toes, flavour, plumage, accent, flavor, characteristics, stripes, taste, characteristic, patterns, feature, shape, style, dialect, pattern, pottery, colour, worn, dress, tail, uniform, voice, architecture, logo, styles, sound, features, landmark, yellow, tone, birds, architectural, colours, bright, roof, coat, revival, legs, neck, cap, sounds.

Words that rhyme with distinctive:
instinctive, distinct of, linked of, precinct of, succinct of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe distinctive:
new.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective distinctive:
features, feature, character, characteristics, style, form, pattern, mark, characteristic, patterns, characters, contribution, qualities, culture, quality, type, traits, identity, name, marks, forms, ways, properties, nature, appearance, types, shape, voice, role, flavor, approach, elements, dress, styles, names, sound, set, color, element, trait, aspects, differences, attributes, aspect, contributions, kind, personality, function, odor, cultures, sign, signs, title, principles, mode, traditions, doctrines, meaning, note, tradition, competence, colour, markings, flavour, peculiarities, design, smell, property, roles, look, profile, identities, practices, taste, tone.

Consonant match to distinctive:
distinct of.

Words that sound like distinctive:
distinctive, disjunctive, distinctly, destructive, distinct, distinctively, distractive, indistinctive, instinctive, extinctive, detective, distinctio, distinctness, distinguish, distracting, destructing, distinctiveness, detractive, distincture, distortive.