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. Oprah Winfrey:

   I think she presses her audience -- whether or not they agree with her -- to be accountable for what their perspective is, i think she does push her audience in a way that's very distinctive from anyone else who has graced the talk show stage.

2. Hugh Howard:

   She and her fellow graduates have the opportunity to become experts in clandestine special operations, as well as manned and unmanned platforms to deliver distinctive capabilities to our Navy, and the joint force in defense of the nation.

3. Kensington Palace:

   Ms. Waight Keller designed a veil representing the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country united in one spectacular floral composition.

4. Marissa Parrott:

   They were flipping them over, making a very distinctive, almost surgical precision cut down the chest. They would even remove the gallbladder outside the body, which contains toxic bile salts. They knew to remove that bit. She added that the rats understood which areas of the toad were poisonous, using their sharp teeth and dextrous hands to eatthe non-toxic parts while leaving the poisonous areas stripped. In the medium-sized toads, as well as eating the heart and liver, they would strip off the toxic skin from one or both legs and eat the non-toxic thigh muscle.

5. Ludwig Knoepffler:

   The idea is to fight the hijab as a political tool used and promoted by Islamist militants, if you believe that the Islamist political project is indeed totalitarian, then you have to fight its distinctive signs. The same way you would ban the swastika in the public sphere, as is the case already.