| a. | 1. | Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. |
| 2. | Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. |
| Adj. | 1. | discriminative - capable of making fine distinctions Synonyms: discriminatory |
| 2. | discriminative - expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett Synonyms: judicial |