| Distinguishing 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distinguish. 2. (a.) Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. Thesaurus Entries accurate, appreciative, characteristic, characterizing, contrastive, critical, delicate, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential, differentiative, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, exact, exemplary, fastidious, fine, idiosyncratic, individualizing, individuating, natural, naturalistic, nice, normal, peculiar, personalizing, precise, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular, sample, selective, sensitive, separative, subtle, tactful, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, usual |