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- pronunciation:
- ihk
sklu
sihv
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
keeping out all others.
At four o'clock, the teachers have exclusive rights to the computer room.- synonyms:
- entire, sole, total
- similar words:
- alone
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| definition 2: |
giving attention or service only to a certain type of person.
This exclusive club allows only rich people to join and play golf on its course.- synonyms:
- private
- similar words:
- fashionable
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| related words: |
only, peculiar, private, secret, solitary, special, unique |
| derivations: |
exclusively (adv.), exclusiveness (n.) |
The word exclusive
contains the following parts:
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
  Example words:
clause, closet, conclude, conclusion, disclose, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inconclusive
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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