<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.</li><li>omitting from consideration or account (often followed by of): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.</li><li>antonyms: inclusive.</li><li>limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business.</li><li>shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel.</li><li>fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive clothing designers.</li><li>charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops.</li><li>noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information.</li><li>single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places.</li><li>disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends.</li><li>synonyms: illiberal, cliquish, restrictive, snobbish, clannish, narrow, select.</li><li>admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club.</li><li>excluding or tending to exclude or prohibit, as from use or possession: exclusive laws; exclusive restrictions on use of the property.</li><li>Grammar. (of the first person plural) not including the person or persons spoken to, as we in We'll see you later. Compare inclusive.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Journalism. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.</li><li>an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.</li></ul>