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. James May:

   We need distinctive and different voices but they cannot come at any price. Common to all at the BBC have to be standards of decency and respect.

2. James Logan:

   Our previous work has shown that malaria has a distinctive odor, and with Medical Detection Dogs, we successfully trained Medical Detection Dogs to accurately detect malaria, this, combined with the knowledge that respiratory disease can change body odor, makes us hopeful that Medical Detection Dogs can also detect COVID-19.

3. 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.

4. Kensington Palace:

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

5. Jonny Kim:

   Single cracks are usually not good. The crack, you know, in the crack, when I say crack, I mean when you are on the giving end of a rifle, you it's a much different sound than being on the receiving end of a rifle, that of a bullet that is supersonic makes a very distinctive crack. And when you hear that, and it's a single one, it generally is not good.