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Characteristic

🔄 Synonyms of "Characteristic"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
distinctivenoun	Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
typicalnoun	Normal, average; to be expected.
featurenoun	An important or main item.
diagnosticnoun	Of, or relating to diagnosis.
symptomaticnoun	(pathology) Showing symptoms.
distinguishingnoun	The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.

↔️ Antonyms of "Characteristic"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
uncharacteristic	Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.
uncharacteristic of	distinctive and not typical

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Characteristic"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
identifyingnoun	An act of identification.
typicalnoun	Normal, average; to be expected.
distinctivenoun	Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
featurenoun	An important or main item.
distinguishingnoun	The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.
peculiarnoun	Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
diagnosticnoun	Of, or relating to diagnosis.
symptomaticnoun	(pathology) Showing symptoms.
attributenoun	A characteristic or quality of a thing.
characterizationnoun	The act or process of characterizing.
traitnoun	(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
thingnoun	That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
identifiernoun	Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
illustrative	Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
identitynoun	The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
indicativenoun	Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
distinctverb	Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
specificitynoun	The state of being specific rather than general.
naturenoun	(uncountable, often capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
inherent	Naturally as part or consequence of something.