Definition of "distinctive" in English

adjective

1. Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

   • a product in distinctive packaging

2. (rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.

3. Characteristic, typical.

   • his distinctive bass voice

4. (rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.

5. (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.

6. (linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.

noun

1. A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.

2. (Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.

3. (theology) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.