'Exclusive' definitions:
Definition of 'exclusive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: exclusive, sole(a)]
adjective
Excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops" [ant: inclusive]
adjective
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" [syn: single(a), undivided, exclusive]
noun
A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" [syn: exclusive, scoop]
Definition of 'Exclusive'
From: GCIDE
- Exclusive \Ex*clu"sive\a. [Cf. F. exclusif.]
- 1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exclusive'
From: GCIDE
- Exclusive \Ex*clu"sive\, n. One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'exclusive'
From: GCIDE
- Beat \Beat\, n.
- 1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or exclusive. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of a beat." --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'exclusive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a certain,
- absolute,
- aloof,
- an,
- any,
- any one,
- apart from,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- article,
- atomic,
- barring,
- beat,
- budget of news,
- chic,
- chilly,
- choice,
- chosen,
- clannish,
- classy,
- cliquish,
- closed,
- cold,
- concentrated,
- confining,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- copy,
- dashing,
- debarring,
- defining,
- definitive,
- detached,
- disdainful,
- distant,
- either,
- elect,
- elegant,
- elite,
- ethnocentric,
- except for,
- excepting,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- exclusory,
- fashionable,
- fixed,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- haughty,
- high-hat,
- icy,
- ignoring,
- inaccessible,
- inadmissible,
- incompatible,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inimical,
- insular,
- integral,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- irreducible,
- limitary,
- limitative,
- limited,
- limiting,
- lone,
- modish,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- narrow,
- news item,
- not counting,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- omitting,
- one,
- only,
- parochial,
- pick,
- picked,
- piece,
- preclusive,
- preferred,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- private,
- privileged,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- proscriptive,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressive,
- restricted,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- scoop,
- scornful,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selected,
- selective,
- separative,
- simple,
- single,
- singular,
- smart,
- sneering,
- sniffy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- sole,
- solid,
- solitary,
- spot news,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- story,
- stylish,
- supercilious,
- suppressive,
- swank,
- swish,
- tony,
- toploftical,
- toplofty,
- trendy,
- unanalyzable,
- unapproachable,
- undistracted,
- undivided,
- uniform,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unshared,
- unswerving,
- whole,
- with-it,
- withdrawn,
- withering,
- xenophobic