characteristic — adj Characteristic, individual, peculiar, distinctive are comparable when they mean indicating or revealing the special quality or qualities of a particular person or thing or of a particular group of persons or things. Characteristic stresses… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
characteristic — [adj] typical; distinguishing appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual,… … New thesaurus
characteristic — [kar΄ək tər is′tik, kar΄iktər is′tik] adj. [Gr charaktēristikos: see CHARACTER] of or constituting the special character; typical; distinctive [the characteristic odor of cabbage] n. 1. a distinguishing trait, feature, or quality; peculiarity 2.… … English World dictionary
characteristic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ typical of a particular person, place, or thing. ► NOUN ▪ a feature or quality typical of a person, place, or thing. DERIVATIVES characteristically adverb … English terms dictionary
characteristic — I noun aspect, attribute, cast, constitution, differentia, differential, distinction, distinctive feature, distinguishing trait, essence, essential part, feature, humor, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, immanence, inclination, individuality, inherence,… … Law dictionary
typical — I adjective according to custom, according to routine, accustomed, average, characteristic, common, commonplace, conformable, conformable to rule, consistent, conventional, current, customary, everyday, exemplifying a class, familiar, habitual,… … Law dictionary
typical — c.1600, symbolic, emblematic, from M.L. typicalis symbolic, from L.L. typicus of or pertaining to a type, from Gk. typikos, from typos impression (see TYPE (Cf. type)). Sense of characteristic is first recorded 1850. Related: Typically … Etymology dictionary
typical — [adj] usual, conventional archetypal, archetypical, average, characteristic, classic, classical, common, commonplace, emblematic, essential, everyday, exemplary, expected, general, habitual, ideal, illustrative, in character*, indicative, in… … New thesaurus
typical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the distinctive qualities of a particular type. 2) characteristic of a particular person or thing. DERIVATIVES typicality noun typically adverb … English terms dictionary
typical — [tip′i kəl] adj. [ML typicalis < L typicus < Gr typikos] 1. serving as a type; symbolic 2. having or showing the characteristics, qualities, etc. of a kind, class, or group so fully as to be a representative example 3. of or belonging to a… … English World dictionary
typical behavior — characteristic manner of acting … English contemporary dictionary
