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. Jennifer Jones:

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

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. Richard M. DeVos:

   If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, "Here comes number seventy-one!"

4. Hanna Holborn Gray:

   The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said, I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

5. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey:

   Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic.

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