Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) feature, characteristic (a prominent attribute or aspect of something) "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
S: (n) virilism (the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy))
S: (n) invariant (a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it)
S: (n) aspect, facet (a distinct feature or element in a problem) "he studied every facet of the question"
S: (n) side (an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)) "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"
S: (n) downside (a negative aspect of something that is generally positive) "there is a downside even to motherhood"
S: (n) hand (one of two sides of an issue) "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."
S: (n) sector, sphere (a particular aspect of life or activity) "he was helpless in an important sector of his life"
S: (n) department (a specialized sphere of knowledge) "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
S: (n) surface (a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something) "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
S: (n) attention (a general interest that leads people to want to know more) "She was the center of attention"
S: (n) foil, enhancer (anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities) "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
S: (n) badge (any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)) "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"
S: (n) centerpiece, centrepiece (the central or most important feature) "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform"
S: (n) contour (a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure) "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
S: (n) excellence, excellency (an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels) "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
S: (n) external (outward features) "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
S: (n) characteristic (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)
S: (n) characteristic, device characteristic (any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)
Adjective
S: (adj) characteristic (typical or distinctive) "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
S: (adj) diagnostic, symptomatic (characteristic or indicative of a disease) "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"
S: (adj) distinctive, typical (of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing) "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"
S: (adj) peculiar (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special) "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney