character ˈkarəktə/ noun noun: character; plural noun: characters 1. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. running away was not in keeping with her character synonyms: personality, nature, disposition, temperament, temper, mentality, turn of mind, psychology, psyche, constitution, make-up, make, stamp, mould, cast; More persona; attributes, features, qualities, properties, traits; essential quality, essence, sum and substance, individuality, identity, distinctiveness, uniqueness, spirit, ethos, complexion, key, tone, tenor, ambience, air, aura, feel, feeling, vibrations; informalkidney; archaichumour, grain Jenny had a forceful character the distinctive nature of something. gas lamps give the area its character synonyms: personality, nature, disposition, temperament, temper, mentality, turn of mind, psychology, psyche, constitution, make-up, make, stamp, mould, cast; More persona; attributes, features, qualities, properties, traits; essential quality, essence, sum and substance, individuality, identity, distinctiveness, uniqueness, spirit, ethos, complexion, key, tone, tenor, ambience, air, aura, feel, feeling, vibrations; informalkidney; archaichumour, grain Jenny had a forceful character the quality of being individual in an interesting or unusual way. the island is full of character strength and originality in a persons nature. she had character as well as beauty synonyms: integrity, honour, moral strength, moral fibre, rectitude, uprightness; More fortitude, strength, spine, backbone, toughness, resolve, will power, firmness of purpose; informalgrit, guts, gutsiness, gumption; informalbottle how could any woman of character live with that man? a persons good reputation. to what do I owe this attack on my character? synonyms: reputation, name, good name, standing, stature, position, status, image, credibility, acceptability, prestige, cachet, kudos, eminence; More izzat; archaicreport no stain will be on his character dated a written statement of someones good qualities; a testimonial. you are dismissed without a character 2. a person in a novel, play, or film. the authors compassionate identification with his characters synonyms: persona, person, role, part; dramatis personae the characters develop greatly throughout the novel a part played by an actor. the actors TV character is often on the wrong side of the law synonyms: persona, person, role, part; dramatis personae the characters develop greatly throughout the novel a person seen in terms of a particular aspect of character. he was a larger-than-life character informal an unusual or amusing person. shes a right character with a will of her own synonyms: eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, madcap, crank, original, individualist, nonconformist, rare bird; More square peg in a round hole; informaloddball, queer fish, odd fish, one; informalodd bod, oner; informalcard, caution, case; rarerara avis John was a bit of a character 3. a printed or written letter or symbol. Computing a symbol representing a letter or number. synonyms: letter, figure, symbol, sign, mark, type, cipher, device, hieroglyph, rune; technicalgrapheme the file name must not exceed thirty characters 4. Biology a characteristic, especially one that assists in the identification of a species. verb archaic verb: character; 3rd person present: characters; past tense: charactered; past participle: charactered; gerund or present participle: charactering 1. inscribe or write (something).
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