distinct

Adjective Satellite

• (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
  • "plants of several distinct types"
  • "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"
  • "gold is distinct from iron"
  • "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"
  • "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
• constituting a separate entity or part
  • "on two distinct occasions"
• recognizable; marked
  • "noticed a distinct improvement"
  • "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
• clearly or sharply defined to the mind
  • "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"
  • "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

Adjective

• Clearly different or separate; noticeable and clear.
• easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
  • "a distinct flavor"
  • "a distinct odor of turpentine"
  • "a distinct outline"
  • "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"
  • "distinct fingerprints"

Adj

• Capable of being perceived very clearly.
• Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
• Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
• Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
• Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
• Marked; variegated.

Verb

• To distinguish; to make a distinction.

Examples

• Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
• Horses are distinct from zebras.
• My strategies for Scrabble and Words With Friends are quite DISTINCT due to varying tile values.
• Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.

Synonyms

clear-cut, decided, discrete, distinguishable, trenchant, acute, characteristic, clear, different, distinct, distinctive, individual, keen, marked, noncontinuous, obvious, patterned, prominent, separate, several, sharp, specified, vivid

Antonyms

indistinct, confusing, indistinguishable, opaque, same

Related Words

definite, distinction, distinctive, distinguish, distinguishable, distinguished, distinguishness, extinct

Anagrams of distinct