Synonyms for distinctive
dɪˈstɪŋk tɪvdis·tinc·tive

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1. distinctive, typicaladjective

   of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

   "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"

   Synonyms:
   classifiable, typical

   Antonyms:
   unidentifiable, uncharacteristic

2. classifiable, distinctiveadjective

   capable of being classified

   Synonyms:
   classifiable, typical

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic, unidentifiable

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1. distinctiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   distinguishing, discriminative, characterizing

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1. distinctiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   discriminative, distinguishing, characteristic

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1. List of paraphrases for "distinctive":

   distinguishing, distinct, distinguished, separate, unique, characteristic, specific

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1. Francis of Assisi:

   Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

2. Nicholas Weaver:

   It may be useful, but for safety's sake you don't want to set it( or really any distinctive emitter) up in Ukraine anywhere close to where you would not want a Russian bomb dropping.

3. Unknown Russian:

   Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

4. Des Bray:

   Clearly somebody has gone to the effort of making that quilt for somebody that they care about and love, it's extremely distinctive and it's impossible to believe that somebody doesn't know who had that quilt.

5. Bette Korber:

   Variants within Omicron are really pronounced and distinctive. It’s not like Omicron is one thing at all. It has evolved hugely.