characteristics

/ˌkæɹɪktəˈɹɪstɪks/

nounchar · ac · ter · is · tics

Think: "CHARacter" + "IS" + "TICS"—the word is built from character + is + tics.

Yes, it's characteristics. Watch the middle: it’s characTER-IS-tics (…teris…), not *characTRIS* or *charactristics*.

Definition

  1. nounfeatures or qualities that help identify a person, thing, or group; traits

Examples

  • “Patience and honesty are characteristics many people admire.”
  • “The scientist recorded the characteristics of each plant, including height and leaf shape.”
  • “One characteristic of a desert is very little rainfall.”

Synonyms

traitsfeaturesqualitiesattributesproperties

Antonyms

defects

Translations

ES característicasPT característicasFR caractéristiques

Common misspellings

caracteristicscharateristicscharacteristiccharactaristicscharacteristickscharacteristicsescharactristicscharacterisitcs

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