Antonyms for exclusive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-skloo-siv, -ziv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsklu sɪv, -zɪv |
Definition of exclusive
Origin :- mid-15c., "so as to exclude," from Medieval Latin exclusivus, from exclus-, past participle stem of excludere (see exclude).
- Of monopolies, rights, franchises, etc., from 1760s; of social circles, clubs, etc., "unwilling to admit outsiders," from 1822. Related: Exclusively; exclusiveness.
- adj unshared, restricted
- The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- This was conceived in the exclusive colonial policy of the time.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- This intelligence is exclusive; and I leave you and your readers to draw their own inferences from it.
- Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
- The home, cloistered off, exclusive, can hardly be said to exist.
- Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
- If the former has not power complete and exclusive, he has none.
- Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field
- The federal district is under the exclusive jurisdiction of congress.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- "I guess we have to be exclusive whether we want to or not," she replied.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- The exclusive lecture system is intolerable, and the same is true of the quiz.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- There is no worse method than that of exclusive lecturing by the instructor.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- She would be received in the most exclusive Courts of Europe.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for exclusive
- absolute
- aloof
- aristocratic
- chic
- choice
- chosen
- circumscribed
- clannish
- classy
- cliquish
- closed
- complete
- confined
- country club
- discriminative
- elegant
- entire
- exclusionary
- exclusory
- fashionable
- full
- independent
- licensed
- limited
- narrow
- only
- particular
- peculiar
- posh
- preferential
- private
- privileged
- prohibitive
- restrictive
- ritzy
- segregated
- select
- selfish
- single
- snobbish
- socially correct
- sole
- swank
- total
- undivided
- unique
- upper crust
- whole
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