distinctiveadjective
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/C1 Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from other things:
a distinctive smell/taste
She's got a very distinctive voice.
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- The whale has a very distinctive call.
- a team that plays a distinctive brand of football
- The band's sound is a distinctive mixture of funk and rap.
- Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet because of its distinctive colour.
- The unusual-looking leaves give the plant its distinctive appearance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinction
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divers
- divide
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
- tangential
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distinctively
adverb uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv.li/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv.li/
distinctiveness
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv.nəs/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv.nəs/