Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exclusive

1 sense of exclusive

Sense 1
exclusive, scoop -- (a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials")
       => report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")

Antonyms of adj exclusive

3 senses of exclusive

Sense 1
exclusive, sole (prenominal) -- (not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication")

INDIRECT (VIA unshared) -> shared -- (have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately")

Sense 2
exclusive (vs. inclusive) -- (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops")

inclusive (vs. exclusive) -- (including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive")
        => comprehensive -- (broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs")

Sense 3
single (prenominal), undivided, exclusive -- (not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention")

INDIRECT (VIA concentrated) -> distributed -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

Similarity of adj exclusive

3 senses of exclusive

Sense 1
exclusive, sole (prenominal) -- (not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication")
       => unshared (vs. shared) -- (not shared)

Sense 2
exclusive (vs. inclusive) -- (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops")
       => alone (predicate), only -- (exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only")
       => inner -- (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government")
       => inside, inner, privileged -- (confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information")
       => selective -- (characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions")
       => white-shoe -- (denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative; "the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background")

Sense 3
single (prenominal), undivided, exclusive -- (not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention")
       => concentrated (vs. distributed) -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")