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adj. Serving to identify; distinguishing: distinctive tribal tattoos. See Usage Note at distinct.

adj. Characteristic or typical: "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor” ( Curtis Wilkie).

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

adj. that serves to distinguish between things

adj. that is characteristic or typical of something

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

adj. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating.

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.

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

adj. capable of being classified

adj. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

"The next, a more reasoning and original tone of thought as respects our own distinctive principles and _distinctive situation_, with a total indifference to the theories that have been broached to sustain an alien and an antagonist system, in"

identifiable    characteristic   

distinction    distinguishness    distinguish    distinguishable    distinct   

distinguishing    characteristic    peculiar    discriminating    differentiative   

instinctive   

peculiar    distinct    unmistakable    familiar    metallic