Definition of exclusive Exclusive

/ɪkskluˈsɪv/ - [iksklusiv] - ex•clu•sive

We found 14 definitions of exclusive from 5 different sources.

What does exclusive mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: exclusives
exclusive - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
		scoop
Adjective
exclusive - excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"
		inclusive including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive"
		only, alone radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
		inner inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
		privileged, inside, inner blessed with privileges; "the privileged few"
		selective tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown
exclusive - not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication"
		sole
		unshared not shared
exclusive - not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention"
		single, undivided
		concentrated gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"

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Wiktionary

exclusive (Noun)
Information or an artefact that is granted or obtained exclusively.
exclusive (Adjective)
Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
exclusive (Adjective)
Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc. , are excluded.
exclusive (Adjective)
exclusionary.
exclusive (Adjective)
Whole, undivided, entire.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

exclusive (a.)
Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.
exclusive (a.)
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
exclusive (n.)
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.