Meaning
- (noun) A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
- (noun) (Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.
- (noun) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
- (adjective) Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing. “a product in distinctive packaging”
- (adjective) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
- (adjective) Characteristic, typical. “his distinctive bass voice”
- (adjective) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
- (adjective) (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
- (adjective) (of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
Letter breakdown
- Distinctive contains 11 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Words from these letters
- distinct
- divinest
- incisive
- dentist
- diciest
- ditties
- divines
- incised
- incited
- incites
- indices
- indicts
- invited
- invites
- stinted
- tidiest
- tiniest
- visited
- cities
- civets
- civies
- divest
- divine
- edicts
- evicts
- iciest
- incest
- incise
- incite
- indict
- insect
- inside
- invest
- invite
- nicest
- tidies
- tinted
- viscid
- cents
- cited
- cites
- civet
- dents
- dices
- diets
- dines
- dives
- edict
- edits
- evict
- inced
- inset
- ivies
- nites
- scent
- since
- sited
- snide
- stein
Connected words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with DIS
- dis
- disabilities
- disability
- disable
- disabled
- disablement
- disables
- disabling
- disabuse
- disabused
- disabuses
- disabusing
- disadvantage
- disadvantaged
- disadvantageous
- disadvantages
- disadvantaging
- disaffect
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Words ending with IVE
Reader questions
What does Distinctive mean?
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
How many letters are in Distinctive?
Distinctive has 11 letters.
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