trait

Meaning

1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

Synonyms

characteristic

feature

attribute

character

quality

property

peculiarity

aspect

appearance

lineament

figure

nature

streak

idiosyncrasy

kind

line

mark

particularity

pecularity

persona

personae

personage

point

properties

quirk

specificity

spirit

tag

temperament

personality

distinguishing quality

big name

brand

build

capacity

characteristic feature

disposition

distinction

distinguishing mark

facet

features

gentility

grade

identity

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Doublet of tract.