Slow speech is characteristic of that man.
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Characteristic
//ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk//
Synonyms for "characteristic" (245 found)
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Strong matches (74)
denominativedevicedharmadiacriticaldiagnosticdiathesisdifferencedifferencingdifferentiadifferentialdifferentiativediscriminatingdiscriminativedispositiondispositionaldistinctive featuredistinguisheddistinguishingdivisionaldivisionary
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earmarkelementemblematicemotionalequationespecialethosexclusiveexemplaryfiberfigureflavorforce of habitformulaframegeniusgraingusthabithabit patternhabitudehallmarkhuehumorhumorsidiocrasyidiocraticidiosyncrasyilkimageimpressimpressionin characterindexindicantindicativeindicatorindividualindividualismindividualizingindividuatinginherentinnate
Adjective(5 words)
Related words (122)
insigniaintellectualintrinsickeynotekindlineamentsmakeupmannerismmantissamarkmarkedmarkingmeasurementalmoldmouldmouldermouldynaturalnaturalistic
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naturenormalnoteodorordinalparticularparticularitypatternpeculiaritypersonalizingphysiquepicturepointpracticepraxisproperpropertyqualityquintessentialquirkrealisticregularrepresentationrespectsamplesavoir-fairesavorsealsecond natureseemlyseparativeshapesigilsignsignalsinglesingularsingularitysmacksomatotypesortsoundspecialspecialtyspiritspiritualstampstereotypestereotyped behaviorstreakstripestylesubdivisionalsuchnesssure signsymbolicsymptomsystemtainttangtastetaxonomictelltale signtempertemperamenttemperamentaltendencytenortokentonetraittricktrue to formtrue to typetypaltypetypicuniqueusageuseusualveinvirtuewaywont
Noun(12 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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8 entriesMore specific
3 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
21 entriesEuler characteristicacquired characteristicbicharacteristicbiocharacteristiccharacteristic functioncharacteristic polynomialcharacteristic rootcharacteristic timecharacteristic valuecharacteristic vectorcharacteristicnessdefining characteristicdemand characteristicderived characteristicequicharacteristiclight characteristic
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has context
6 entriesholonym
3 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
similar
9 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- karakteristikë noun (distinguishing feature)
Arabic
1 entries- صِفَة noun (distinguishing feature)
Armenian
2 entries- բնորոշ adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- բնորոշ գիծ noun (distinguishing feature)
Asturian
2 entries- carauterísticu adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- carauterística noun (distinguishing feature)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- səciyyəvi adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- xüsusiyyət noun (distinguishing feature)
- özəllik noun (distinguishing feature)
Bashkir
1 entries- хас adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Basque
1 entries- ezaugarri noun (distinguishing feature)
Bengali
1 entries- বৈশিষ্ট্য noun (distinguishing feature)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отличителен adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- характерен adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- отличителна черта noun (distinguishing feature)
Catalan
3 entries- característic adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (integer part of a logarithm)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 特性的 adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- 特有的 adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- 特性 noun (distinguishing feature)
- 特質 /特质 noun (distinguishing feature)
Czech
3 entries- charakteristický adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- charakteristika noun (distinguishing feature)
- vlastnost noun (distinguishing feature)
Danish
3 entries- karakteristisk adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- kendetegnende adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteristik noun (distinguishing feature)
Dutch
4 entries- idiosyncratisch adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteristiek adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- kenmerkend adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteristiek noun (distinguishing feature)
Esperanto
2 entries- karakteriza adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakterizilo noun (distinguishing feature)
Extremaduran
1 entries- caraiterística noun (distinguishing feature)
Finnish
4 entries- karakteristinen adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- luonteenomainen adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- ominainen adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- tunnusomainen adj (being a distinguishing feature)
French
2 entries- caractéristique adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- caractéristique noun (distinguishing feature)
Galician
3 entries- característico adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (integer part of a logarithm)
Georgian
1 entries- დამახასიათებელი adj (being a distinguishing feature)
German
4 entries- bezeichnend adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- charakteristisch adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- kennzeichnend adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- typisch adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Greek
3 entries- τυπικός adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- χαρακτηριστικός adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- χαρακτηριστικό noun (distinguishing feature)
Hebrew
1 entries- סממן noun (distinguishing feature)
Hungarian
3 entries- jellegzetes adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- jellemző adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- jellemző noun (distinguishing feature)
Ido
4 entries- distingiva adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteriziva adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteristiko noun (integer part of a logarithm)
- karakterizivo noun (distinguishing feature)
Indonesian
2 entries- karakteristik noun (distinguishing feature)
- karekteristik noun (distinguishing feature)
Ingrian
2 entries- tunnusmerkki noun (distinguishing feature)
- tuntomerkki noun (distinguishing feature)
Interlingua
1 entries- characteristic adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Irish
2 entries- sainiúil adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- aitreabúid noun (distinguishing feature)
Italian
2 entries- caratteristico adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- caratteristica noun (distinguishing feature)
Japanese
2 entries- 特徴 noun (distinguishing feature)
- 特性 noun (distinguishing feature)
Korean
2 entries- 특성 noun (distinguishing feature)
- 특징 noun (distinguishing feature)
Latvian
2 entries- raksturīgs adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- raksturojums noun (integer part of a logarithm)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bruožas noun (distinguishing feature)
- savybė noun (distinguishing feature)
Luganda
1 entries- embaala noun (distinguishing feature)
Macedonian
1 entries- одлика noun (distinguishing feature)
Māori
1 entries- tūāhua adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Norman
1 entries- caractéthistique adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- taybetmendî adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Norwegian
1 entries- karakteristisk adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- særtrekk noun (distinguishing feature)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- særtrekk noun (distinguishing feature)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ieejenschoft noun (distinguishing feature)
Polish
2 entries- charakterystyczny adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- cecha noun (distinguishing feature)
Portuguese
4 entries- característico adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- caraterístico adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (integer part of a logarithm)
Romanian
2 entries- caracteristic adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- caracteristică noun (distinguishing feature)
Russian
4 entries- отличи́тельный adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- типи́чный adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- характе́рный adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- осо́бенность noun (distinguishing feature)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- osobina adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- značajka adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Slovene
1 entries- značilnost noun (distinguishing feature)
Spanish
2 entries- característico adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- característica noun (distinguishing feature)
Swedish
4 entries- karakteristisk adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- kännetecknande adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- karakteristik noun (distinguishing feature)
- karakteristikum noun (distinguishing feature)
Tagalog
3 entries- katangian adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- buumbahagi noun (integer part of a logarithm)
- katangian noun (distinguishing feature)
Thai
2 entries- คุณลักษณะ adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- ลักษณะ adj (being a distinguishing feature)
Ukrainian
4 entries- притама́нний adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- типо́вий adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- характе́рний adj (being a distinguishing feature)
- озна́ка noun (distinguishing feature)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đặc điểm noun (distinguishing feature)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
It's characteristic of him to behave like that.
Source: tatoeba (41441)
It is not characteristic of you to say such a thing to her.
Source: tatoeba (41578)
It is characteristic of him to do such a thing.
Source: tatoeba (41621)
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