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) 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)
S: (n) property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class) "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
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) typical (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category) "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"
S: (adj) emblematic, exemplary, typic (being or serving as an illustration of a type) "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct"
S: (adj) representative (serving to represent or typify) "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
S: (adj) regular, veritable (often used as intensifiers) "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
S: (adj) true (conforming to definitive criteria) "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
S: (adj) classic (of a well-known type; remarkably typical) "the classic struggle between good and evil"; "I woke up with all the classic symptoms of the flu"; "she made the classic mistake of choosing style over substance"