discriminating

1 favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees Synonyms of discriminating differential, discriminatory, discriminational, discriminativeWords Related to discriminating biased, inequitable, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, unequal, unfair, unjust; clubby, elitist, selective; segregativeNear Antonyms of discriminating equal, equitable, fair, just; impartial, neutral, objective, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudicedAntonyms of discriminating nondiscriminatory

2 serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets Synonyms of discriminating classic, diagnostic (also diagnostical), characteristic, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, individual, peculiar, proper, symptomatic, typicalWords Related to discriminating idiosyncratic; identifiable, pronounced, unmistakable; general, generic; common, normal, regular, usual; especial, particular, special, specific; archetypal (also archetypical), model, paradigmaticAntonyms of discriminating atypical, nontypical, uncharacteristic, untypical