DISTINCTNESS

• DISTINCTNESS (noun)
  The noun DISTINCTNESS has 3 senses:

1. the quality of being sharp and clear
2. the state of being several and distinct
3. the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known

  Familiarity information: DISTINCTNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• DISTINCTNESS (noun)

Meaning:

The quality of being sharp and clear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

distinctness; sharpness

Hypernyms ("distinctness" is a kind of...):

clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distinctness"):

definition (clarity of outline)

discernability; legibility (distinctness that makes perception easy)

focus (maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system)

Antonym:

indistinctness (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)

Meaning:

The state of being several and distinct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

discreteness; separateness; severalty; distinctness

Hypernyms ("distinctness" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Meaning:

The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

otherness; distinctness; separateness

Hypernyms ("distinctness" is a kind of...):

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Attribute:

other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)