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Definition of Character
1. Verb. Engrave or inscribe characters on.
2. Noun. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story). "She is the main character in the novel"
Generic synonyms: Imaginary Being, Imaginary Creature
Specialized synonyms: Aladdin, Argonaut, Babar, Beatrice, Beowulf, Bluebeard, Bond, James Bond, Brer Rabbit, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Cheshire Cat, Chicken Little, Cinderella, Colonel Blimp, Dracula, Don Quixote, El Cid, Fagin, Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff, Father Brown, Faust, Faustus, Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster, Goofy, Gulliver, Hamlet, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Horatio Hornblower, Iago, Commissaire Maigret, Inspector Maigret, Kilroy, King Lear, Lear, Lilliputian, Marlowe, Philip Marlowe, Micawber, Wilkins Micawber, Mother Goose, Mr. Moto, Othello, Pangloss, Pantaloon, Perry Mason, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pied Piper Of Hamelin, Pierrot, Pluto, Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finn, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Tarzan, Tarzan Of The Apes, Tom Sawyer, Uncle Remus, Uncle Tom, Uncle Sam, Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, Simon Legree, Sinbad, Sinbad The Sailor, Snoopy, Ali Baba, Emile, Agonist, Protagonist, Houyhnhnm, Little John, Little Red Riding Hood, Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, Rumpelstiltskin, Shylock, Tristan, Tristram, Iseult, Isolde, Scaramouch, Scaramouche, Svengali, Sweeney Todd, Todd, Trilby, Walter Mitty, Yahoo, Arthur, King Arthur, Galahad, Sir Galahad, Gawain, Sir Gawain, Guenevere, Guinevere, Lancelot, Sir Lancelot, Merlin
3. Noun. A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. "The radical character of our demands"
Generic synonyms: Attribute, Dimension, Property
Specialized synonyms: Texture
Derivative terms: Characterise, Characterise, Characteristic, Characterize, Characterize, Qualify, Qualify
4. Noun. The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. "Education has for its object the formation of character"
Generic synonyms: Trait
Group relationships: Personality
Specialized synonyms: Spirit
Terms within: Thoughtfulness, Responsibility, Responsibleness, Integrity
5. Noun. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. "She played the part of Desdemona"
Generic synonyms: Characterization, Enactment, Personation, Portrayal
Specialized synonyms: Bit Part, Minor Role, Heavy, Hero, Ingenue, Name Part, Title Role, Heroine, Baddie, Villain
Derivative terms: Impersonate, Impersonate, Personify
6. Noun. A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). "A mental case"
Generic synonyms: Adult, Grownup
Derivative terms: Type, Typic, Typify
7. Noun. Good repute. "He is a man of character"
8. Noun. A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability. "Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
Generic synonyms: Good Word, Recommendation, Testimonial
Derivative terms: Characterise
9. Noun. A written symbol that is used to represent speech. "The Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Generic synonyms: Printed Symbol, Written Symbol
Specialized synonyms: Allograph, Check Character, Superior, Superscript, Inferior, Subscript, Ascii Character, Ligature, Capital, Capital Letter, Majuscule, Upper-case Letter, Uppercase, Lower-case Letter, Lowercase, Minuscule, Small Letter, Type, Percent Sign, Percentage Sign, Asterisk, Star, Dagger, Obelisk, Diesis, Double Dagger, Double Obelisk, Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet, Blank, Space, Phonetic Symbol, Mathematical Symbol, Rune, Runic Letter, Pictograph, Ideogram, Ideograph, Radical, Stenograph
10. Noun. (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes.
Specialized synonyms: Unit Character
Category relationships: Genetic Science, Genetics
Definition of Character
1. n. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
2. v. t. To engrave; to inscribe.
Definition of Character
1. Noun. A being involved in the action of a story. ¹
2. Noun. A written or printed symbol, or letter ¹
3. Noun. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group. ¹
4. Noun. A moral strength. ¹
5. Noun. A person with many notable or eccentric features. ¹
6. Noun. (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group. ¹
7. Noun. (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character. ¹
8. Noun. (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions. ¹
9. Verb. (obsolete) To write (using characters); To describe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Character
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Character
1. In current usage, approximately equivalent to personality. The sum of the relatively fixed personality traits and habitual modes of response of an individual. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Character
Literary usage of Character
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; Or, The Preservation by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... intercrossing, isolation, number of individuals — Slow action— Extinction
caused by Natural Selection—Divergence of character, related to the diversity ..."
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