exclusive
Syllables: ex·clu·sive/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/
exclusive adjective: excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
Adjective
exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive)
- Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only.
- Synonyms:
- sole
- A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
- Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
- Exclusionary.
- Whole, undivided, entire.
- The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
- Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
- The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
- Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
- They decided to no longer be exclusive.
Noun
exclusive (plural exclusives)
- Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
- The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
- A member of a group who excludes others from their society.
- The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.1873, The Slang Dictionary, John Camden Hotten
- A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
exclusive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
exclusive in Hindi
- exclusive, undivided, single, whole
- अनन्य ananya
- exclusive, exceptive
- व्यतिरेकी vyatirekī
exclusive in Tamil
- தனிப்பட்ட, தனித்த, தனித்துவமான, சார்ந்திராத, பிரத்யேக, தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட
exclusive in Urdu
- علیحدہ, خاص
exclusive in Bengali
- একচেটিয়া, স্বতন্ত্র, বাধাদায়ক, বহিষ্কারক, প্রবেশে বাধাদায়ক, খাপ খাওয়ানর অসাধ্য
More languagesFewer languages
- exclusive in Malayalam
- ഒരു നിശ്ചിത സംഘത്തെമാത്രം ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള, ഒരു ഉത്പന്നത്തിനുവേണ്ടി മാത്രമുള്ള, നിഷേധകമായ
- exclusive in Kannada
- ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ, ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ, ಹೊರಗಿಡುವ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕಿಸುವ
- exclusive in Nepali
- एक्सक्लुसिभ, एक्सक्लूसिभ
- exclusive in Arabic
- حَصْرِيّ ḥaṣriyy
- exclusive in Indonesian
- eksklusif
Examples of exclusive in a sentence
- The company was granted the exclusive right to exploit the oil resources of the province.
- Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
- The special edition Alfa also gets an exclusive, bright red paintjob called "Rosso 8C".
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Forms of exclusive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more exclusive |
| superlative | most exclusive |
| Noun | |
| plural | exclusives |
Origin of exclusive
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
Words formed from exclusive
Phrases with exclusive
Questions about exclusive
- What does exclusive mean?
- Exclusive means excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- What is exclusive in Hindi?
- Exclusive in Hindi is अनन्य (ananya), व्यतिरेकी (vyatirekī). See Exclusive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exclusive?
- Exclusive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce exclusive?
- Exclusive is pronounced /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/ (UK).
Words near exclusive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exclusive (page history and authors); अनन्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); exclusive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exclusive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exclusive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exclusive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exclusive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exclusive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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