Synonyms: distinctive, typical
Definition: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
Usage: Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor- Curtis Wilkie; that is typical of you!
Similar words: characteristic
Definition: typical or distinctive
Usage: heard my friend's characteristic laugh; red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn; stripes characteristic of the zebra
Synonyms: typical
Definition: conforming to a type
Usage: the typical (or normal) American; typical teenage behavior
Similar words: normal
Definition: conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
Usage: serve wine at normal room temperature; normal diplomatic relations; normal working hours; normal word order; normal curiosity; the normal course of events
Synonyms: typical
Definition: exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
Usage: 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
Similar words: typic, emblematic, exemplary
Definition: being or serving as an illustration of a type
Usage: the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy; an action exemplary of his conduct;
Similar words: representative
Definition: serving to represent or typify
Usage: representative moviegoers; a representative modern play
Similar words: regular, veritable
Definition: often used as intensifiers
Usage: a regular morass of details; a regular nincompoop; he's a veritable swine
Similar words: true
Definition: conforming to definitive criteria
Usage: the horseshoe crab is not a true crab; Pythagoras was the first true mathematician