English > distinct: 5 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | Easy to perceive / perceive; especially clearly outlined. |
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| Examples | - "a distinct flavor"
- "a distinct odor of turpentine"
- "a distinct outline"
- "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"
- "distinct fingerprints"
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| Narrower | chiseled, well-defined | Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges |
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| clear, clean-cut, clear-cut | Clear and distinct / distinct to the senses |
| crisp, sharp | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined |
| crystalline | distinctly or sharply outlined |
| defined, outlined | showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary |
| knifelike | Having a sharp or distinct / distinct edge |
| razor-sharp | Very clearly delineated |
| See also | clear | Readily apparent to the mind |
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| definite | precise |
| precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| Opposite | indistinct | not clearly / clearly / clearly defined / defined / defined or easy to perceive or understand |
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| Spanish | claro, definido, distinto, iconfundible, inconfundible, marcado |
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| Catalan | clar, definit, distint, inconfusible, marcat |
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| Nouns | distinctness | the quality of being sharp and clear |
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| Adverbs | distinctly | clear to the mind |
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| distinctly | to a distinct / distinct degree |
