exclusive
Meanings
Plural: exclusives
Noun
- a news report that is reported first by one news organization
- Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
- A member of a group who excludes others from their society.
- A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
Adjective Satellite
- not divided or shared with others
- "they have exclusive use of the machine"
- not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
- "gained their exclusive attention"
Adjective
- excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
- "exclusive clubs"
- "an exclusive restaurants and shops"
Adj
- Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
- Exclusionary.
- Whole, undivided, entire.
- Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
- Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
Antonyms
inclusive, non-exclusive
Scrabble Score: 21
exclusive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordexclusive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exclusive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 25
exclusive is a valid Words With Friends word