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

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1. trait

   Synonyms:
   feature, characteristic, touch, stroke, line

Princeton's WordNet

1. traitnoun

   a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

Matched Categories

1. • Attribute

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1. character flaw

   it is a characteristic that is portrayed by an individual.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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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. Thaddeus Stappenbeck:

   When we study mice, we have to account for the possibility that inherited bacteria and their genes could be influencing the trait we're trying to learn about.

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. Eleanor Roosevelt:

   A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do -- namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.

4. Richard Isaacson:

   Neuroticism is specifically one trait that comes to mind, and past meta-analyses have also show this. Rumination and worry is linked to smaller brain volumes, it's unclear if the stress/neuroinflammation pathway drives this. A biomarker doesn't really exist for this so it's hard to prove.

5. Mohammadreza Hojat:

   Empathy is a cognitive attribute, not a personality trait, the pressure is really on.