CHARACTERISTIC as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a distinguishing quality
   Hypernyms(s) characteristic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • recommendation (what does recommendation mean?)
   • passport (what does passport mean?)
   • compatibility (what does compatibility mean?)
   • incompatibility (what does incompatibility mean?)
   • point (what does point mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • point (what does point mean?)
   • hallmark (what does hallmark mean?)
   • trademark (what does trademark mean?)
   • earmark (what does earmark mean?)
   • stylemark (what does stylemark mean?)
   • aspect (what does aspect mean?)
   • safeness (what does safeness mean?)
   • dangerousness (what does dangerousness mean?)
   • curability (what does curability mean?)
   • curableness (what does curableness mean?)
   • incurability (what does incurability mean?)
   • incurableness (what does incurableness mean?)
   • directness (what does directness mean?)
   • straightness (what does straightness mean?)
   • indirectness (what does indirectness mean?)
   • rurality (what does rurality mean?)
   • ruralism (what does ruralism mean?)
   • streak (what does streak mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
   Synonym(s)
   • device characteristic (what does device characteristic mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) characteristic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • property (what does property mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a prominent aspect of something
   Synonym(s)
   • feature (what does feature mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the map showed roads and other features
   • generosity is one of his best characteristics
   Hypernyms(s) characteristic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • property (what does property mean?)
   • attribute (what does attribute mean?)
   • dimension (what does dimension mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • sex characteristic (what does sex characteristic mean?)
   • sex character (what does sex character mean?)
   • aspect (what does aspect mean?)
   • facet (what does facet mean?)
   • attraction (what does attraction mean?)
   • attractor (what does attractor mean?)
   • attracter (what does attracter mean?)
   • attractive feature (what does attractive feature mean?)
   • magnet (what does magnet mean?)
   • badge (what does badge mean?)
   • centerpiece (what does centerpiece mean?)
   • centrepiece (what does centrepiece mean?)
   • contour (what does contour mean?)
   • excellence (what does excellence mean?)
   • external (what does external mean?)
   • peculiarity (what does peculiarity mean?)
   • distinctive feature (what does distinctive feature mean?)
   • distinguishing characteristic (what does distinguishing characteristic mean?)
   • safety feature (what does safety feature mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • feature (what does feature mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm
   • in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
   Hypernyms(s) characteristic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • integer (what does integer mean?)
   • whole number (what does whole number mean?)

CHARACTERISTIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • typical or distinctive
   Usage Example(s)
   • heard my friend’’s characteristic laugh
   • red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn
   • stripes characteristic of the zebra
   Antonym(s)
   • uncharacteristic (what does uncharacteristic mean?)
   • uncharacteristic of (what does uncharacteristic of mean?)
   Similar To
   • diagnostic (what does diagnostic mean?)
   • symptomatic (what does symptomatic mean?)
   • symptomatic of(p) (what does symptomatic of(p) mean?)
   • distinctive (what does distinctive mean?)
   • typical (what does typical mean?)
   • distinguishing (what does distinguishing mean?)
   • distinctive (what does distinctive mean?)
   • identifying(a) (what does identifying(a) mean?)
   • peculiar(a) (what does peculiar(a) mean?)
   See Also
   • typical (what does typical mean?)