characteristic: meaning and words from its letters
14 letters · 23 letter points · starts with C · ends with C
Meaning of characteristic
adj
Indicating a distinguishing feature of a person or thing; typical.
- archaic
Describing or pertaining to personal characters or character types; characterful.
Source: Wiktionary — characteristic.
noun
A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
The integer part of a logarithm.
The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
Example: The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number.
Listed forms: characteristics.
Source: Wiktionary — characteristic.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for characteristic.
noun
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
noun
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
- device characteristic
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is characteristic in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of characteristic
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + T(1) + I(1) + C(3) = 23 points.
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Anagrams of characteristic
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from characteristic
704 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in characteristic. Showing up to 24, longest first.