exclusive

Plural: exclusives

Noun

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization
• Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
• A member of a group who excludes others from their society.
• A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

Adjective Satellite

• not divided or shared with others
  • "they have exclusive use of the machine"
• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
  • "gained their exclusive attention"

Adjective

• excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
  • "exclusive clubs"
  • "an exclusive restaurants and shops"

Adj

• Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
• Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
• Exclusionary.
• Whole, undivided, entire.
• Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
• Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.

Examples

• Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
• The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
• The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
• The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
• They decided to no longer be exclusive.

Synonyms

scoop, single, sole, undivided

Antonyms

inclusive, non-exclusive

Related Words

excludent

Anagrams of exclusive