Antonyms for characteristic
ˌkær ɪk təˈrɪs tɪkchar·ac·ter·is·tic

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1. characteristicadjective

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic, untypical

   Synonyms:
   idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, indicative, specific, signature, exclusive, distinctive, representative, typical, mannerism, quality, trademark, attribute, tendency, trait

2. characteristicnoun

   being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic, untypical

   Synonyms:
   exclusive, specific, distinctive, representative, idiosyncratic, indicative, signature, typical, quality, tendency, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, trademark, trait, attribute

3. characteristicnoun

   the integer part of a logarithm

   Synonyms:
   attribute, quality, tendency, idiosyncrasy, trait, mannerism, trademark

4. characteristicnoun

   the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc)

   Synonyms:
   trademark, quality, attribute, tendency, mannerism, trait, idiosyncrasy

5. characteristicnoun

   The minimum number of times that the unit of a field must be added unto itself in order to yield that field's zero, or, if that minimum natural number does not exist, then (the integer) zero.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, idiosyncrasy, trait, trademark, quality, tendency, mannerism

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1. characteristic

   A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, character, distinction, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait

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1. characteristic

   Antonyms:
   nondescription, abstractedness, generality, miscellany

   Synonyms:
   distinction, peculiarity, diagnosis, idiosyncrasy, speciality, individuality, personality, singularity

Matched Categories

1. • Integer
   • Property
   • Quality

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1. feature, characteristicnoun

   a prominent attribute or aspect of something

   "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic

   Synonyms:
   feature, feature of speech, device characteristic, lineament, feature article, feature film

2. characteristicnoun

   a distinguishing quality

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic

   Synonyms:
   device characteristic, feature

3. characteristicnoun

   the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic

   Synonyms:
   device characteristic, feature

4. characteristic, device characteristicadjective

   any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic

   Synonyms:
   device characteristic, feature

5. characteristicadjective

   typical or distinctive

   "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"

   Antonyms:
   uncharacteristic

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1. characteristicnoun

   Synonyms:
   trait, peculiarity, feature, attribute, attribution, idiosyncrasy

How to use characteristic in a sentence?

1. Briony Horgan:

   Here on Earth, we find silica deposition in glaciers which are characteristic of melting water, on Mars, we can identify similar silica deposits in younger areas, but we can also see older areas which are similar to deep soils from warm climates on Earth. This leads us to believe that on Mars 3 to 4 billion years ago, we had a general slow trend from warm to cold, with periods of thawing and freezing. If this is so, it is important in the search for possible life on Mars.

2. Albert Einstein:

   It is characteristic of the military mentality that nonhuman factors (atom bombs, strategic bases, weapons of all sorts, the possession of raw materials, etc) are held essential, while the human being, his desires, and thoughts - in short, the psychological factors - are considered as unimportant and secondary...The individual is degraded...to human material.

3. Joe Lieberman:

   John McCain own attitude, the way John McCain faced death with characteristic fearlessness and perspective, really comforted me, but you know, we're going to miss John McCain. John McCain's irreplaceable.

4. Jennifer Jones:

   If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

5. Ben Rhodes:

   I have been in the room with Vladimir Putin many times when I was working for President Obama. And whataboutism is always a characteristic of these summit meetings, that whataboutism is meant to engender cynicism, that nothing really matters, it's not worth even challenging this, that everybody's just as corrupt as everybody else.

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