Dictionary Entry
distinct
distinct is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
- 2adjective
Marked; variegated.
- 3adjective
Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from.
- 4adjective
Not identical; different; individual.
- 5adjective
So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.
- 6transitive verb
To distinguish.
- 7adjective
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
"clear-cut evidence of tampering"
"Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"
Synonyms
- 8adjective
recognizable; marked
"noticed a distinct improvement"
"at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
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- 9adjective
easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
"a distinct flavor"
"a distinct odor of turpentine"
- 10adjective
(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"
Synonyms
- 11adjective
constituting a separate entity or part
"a government with three discrete divisions"
"on two distinct occasions"
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