Synonyms and Antonyms for characteristic
1. characteristic (adj.)
typical or distinctive
2. characteristic (n.)
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- attractor
- sexual characteristic
- distinctive feature
- attribute
- sex characteristic
- peculiarity
- aspect
- contour
- facet
- attracter
- safety feature
- feature
- attraction
- invariant
- badge
- distinguishing characteristic
- attractive feature
- centerpiece
- external
- centrepiece
- sex character
- excellency
- magnet
- excellence
- property
- dimension
3. characteristic (n.)
a distinguishing quality
4. characteristic (n.)
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
5. characteristic (n.)
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
