VividLex

Home / Dictionary / discriminative

discriminative

6 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. a. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. Source: opted
2. a. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. Source: opted
3. adj. capable of making fine distinctions Source: wordnet
4. adj. expressing careful judgment Source: wordnet
5. 1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson. 2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More. Source: webster
6. j:100 s. capable of making fine distinctions s. expressing careful judgment Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

distinctions making discriminating capable careful characteristic difference differences distinctive distinguishing expressing fine judgment marking observing censure form foster johnson life peculiar providence

Word family

discriminant discriminants

Open full thesaurus page for discriminative · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home

← discriminations

discriminative stimulus →