Distinguished
Distinguished adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.
Sole and distinguished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sole" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Sole
Sole adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.
Distinguished and sole are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Sole".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- special and distinguished
- special and sole
- particular and distinguished
- particular and sole
- especial and distinguished
- especial and sole
- exceptional and distinguished
- exceptional and sole
- singular and distinguished
- singular and sole
- separate and distinguished
- separate and sole
- single and distinguished
- single and sole
Both words in one sentence
-
Both rely on their war records (Phelps has a Silver Star and Exley a Distinguished Service Cross from World War II) but both only got medals because they were the Sole Survivor of their respective units because of cowardice and played it up.
Source: Video Game / L.A. Noire
Cite this Source
Sole and Distinguished. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distinguished/sole
Distinguished & Sole. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/distinguished/sole>.
Sole or Distinguished. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/distinguished/sole.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "distinguished" and "sole" have occurred on timeline