Synonyms for trait
treɪt; Brit. also treɪtrait

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1. trait

   A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, character, characteristic, distinction, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. trait

   Synonyms:
   feature, characteristic, touch, stroke, line

Princeton's WordNet

1. traitnoun

   a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

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1. • Attribute

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. character flaw

   it is a characteristic that is portrayed by an individual.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. traitnoun

   Synonyms:
   stroke, touch, mark, line

2. traitnoun

   Synonyms:
   feature, lineament, characteristic, peculiarity, mark

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1. List of paraphrases for "trait":

   character, characteristic, feature, nature, characters

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How to use trait in a sentence?

1. Ada Hamosh:

   I had a match (in January) with the same gene and type of mutation, but the (symptoms) weren't a great match, then I got an email from a third (clinician) who matched and what's interesting is there is a unifying trait.

2. Richard M. Devos:

   If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one

3. Advance:

   It was a grand trait of the old Roman that with him one and the same word meant both honor and honesty.

4. Dean Koontz:

   I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

5. Mohsin Ali Shaukat:

   The dreams of others must not be the hurdle for your's, but the pain of others must be the part of your version of dream in the way that you could feel the satisfaction because you know deep in your heart that they deserve to be helped because they are in pain for true participation and for the improvement of many lives, The dream must have this essential trait of improving your character by lifting up the moral values of the society”