distinguished

(verb) mark as different. Synonyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart. Example: "We distinguish several kinds of maple."

(verb) detect with the senses. Synonyms: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart. Examples: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards." "I can't make out the faces in this photograph."

(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. Synonyms: distinguish, mark, differentiate. Example: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers."

(verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy. Synonyms: signalize, signalise, distinguish.

(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example. Synonyms: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name.

(adj) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation. Example: "Our distinguished professor."

(adj) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person. Synonyms: grand, imposing, magisterial. Examples: "His distinguished bearing." "The monarch's imposing presence." "She reigned in magisterial beauty."