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Another word for character

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Noun

  1. The combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes an individual

      1. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
      2. The totality of behavioral traits that are peculiar to a specific nonhuman animal:
      3. The totality of qualities that distinguish a group, organization, or place:
      1. The material world and its phenomena:
      2. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
      3. The world of living things and the outdoors:
      1. The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.
      2. The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.
      3. The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition:
      1. One's usual mood; temperament:
      2. A habitual inclination; a tendency:
      3. A physical property or tendency:
      1. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face.
      2. General character, aspect, or appearance:
      3. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude:
    See also:

    be

  2. Moral or ethical strength

      1. A basic truth, law, or assumption:
      2. A rule or standard, especially of good behavior:
      3. The collectivity of moral or ethical standards or judgments:
      1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code:
      2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness:
      3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness:
      1. The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.
      2. Truthfulness; sincerity:
      3. Chastity.
      1. A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure.
      2. One of the elongated, thick-walled cells that give strength and support to plant tissue.
      3. Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.
    See also:

    strong

  3. A distinctive element

      1. A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character.
      2. A genetically determined characteristic or condition:
      3. A short line or mark made with a writing or drawing implement.
      1. A specific taste or smell:
      2. The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
      3. A distinctive quality or characteristic:
      1. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property:
      2. A personal trait, especially a character trait:
      3. Essential character; nature:
      1. Something owned; a possession.
      2. A piece of real estate:
      3. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title:
      1. The quality or state of being peculiar.
      2. A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
      3. An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy.
      1. A visible trace or impression, such as a line or spot:
      2. A name, logo, or other indicator used to indicate ownership, origin, or level of quality.
      3. A notch made in an animal's ear or hide to indicate ownership.
      1. Any of the distinct parts of the face, as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
      2. The overall appearance of the face or its parts.
      3. A prominent or distinctive part, quality, or characteristic:
      1. Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive:
      2. A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.
      3. The integral part of a logarithm as distinguished from the mantissa:
      1. To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe:
      2. To regard (a work, for example) as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time:
      3. A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.
    See also:

    be

  4. A statement attesting to personal qualifications, character, and dependability

      1. A statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim.
      2. A written affirmation of another's character or worth; a personal recommendation.
      3. Something given in appreciation of a person's service or achievement; a tribute.
      1. The act of referring to something:
      2. Significance for a specified matter; relation or relationship:
      3. Meaning or denotation:
      1. The act of recommending.
      2. Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
      3. Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended.
    See also:

    support

  5. Public estimation of someone

      1. A ribbed or corded fabric of various materials, such as cotton, wool, or silk.
      1. To ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to:
      2. To consider; suppose:
      3. Reputation:
      1. The general opinion or judgment of the public about a person or thing:
      2. The state or situation of being held in high esteem:
      3. A widespread ascription of a characteristic or trait to a person or thing:
      1. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group:
      2. A spoken or written account of an event, usually presented in detail:
      3. Bound volumes containing the published court opinions in legal cases, intended to provide a reference for precedents in subsequent cases.
      1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
      2. A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly:
      3. Representation or repute, as opposed to reality:
    See also:

    respect

  6. An important, influential person

    See also:

    important

  7. A person who is appealingly odd or curious

    See also:

    usual

  8. A person portrayed in fiction or drama

      1. A character in a literary work.
      2. A person.
      3. A person of distinction.
      1. The character represented by the voice of the speaker in a literary work.
      2. The characters in a dramatic or literary work.
      3. The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.
    See also:

    real

  9. A conventional mark used in a writing system

      1. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible:
      2. An instance that typifies a broader pattern or situation:
      3. A printed or written sign used to represent an operation, element, quantity, quality, or relation, as in mathematics or music.
      1. Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality:
      2. An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command:
      3. Sign language.
    See also:

    marks

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for character

Noun

  1. The dominant quality

    See also:

    temperament

    characteristic

    attitude

  2. The sum of a person's characteristics

      1. The act or an instance of coming into sight.
      2. The act or an instance of coming into public view:
      3. Outward aspect:
      1. A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition:
      2. An established disposition of the mind or character:
      3. Customary manner or practice:
      1. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property:
      2. A personal trait, especially a character trait:
      3. Essential character; nature:
      1. The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour:
      2. Spatial form, contour, or appearance:
      3. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal:
      1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:
      2. A person or thing having the features of a group or class:
      3. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment:
      1. Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession:
      2. High reputation; esteem:
      3. Continuance in time; duration:
      1. The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.
      2. The diameter of the bore of a firearm, usually shown in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and expressed in writing or print in terms of a decimal fraction:
      3. The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches.
      1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form:
      2. To register or indicate:
      3. To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction, as by mechanical or digital means.
      1. The act or an instance of estimating:
      2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate:
      3. An opinion or judgment:
      1. The aggregate of qualities and characteristics that distinguish one person or thing from others; character:
      2. An individual or distinguishing feature.
      3. The quality or state of being individual; singularity:
      1. To ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to:
      2. To consider; suppose:
      3. Reputation:
      1. The general opinion or judgment of the public about a person or thing:
      2. The state or situation of being held in high esteem:
      3. A widespread ascription of a characteristic or trait to a person or thing:
      1. The act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing.
      2. The composition or structure of something; makeup.
      3. The physical makeup of a person:
      1. The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person:
      2. The distinguishing mental and physical characteristics of a human according to medieval physiology, resulting from dominance of one of the four humors.
      3. Excessive irritability or sensitiveness:
      1. The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.
      2. The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.
      3. The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition:
      1. The material world and its phenomena:
      2. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
      3. The world of living things and the outdoors:
      1. One's usual mood; temperament:
      2. A habitual inclination; a tendency:
      3. A physical property or tendency:
      1. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
      2. The totality of behavioral traits that are peculiar to a specific nonhuman animal:
      3. The totality of qualities that distinguish a group, organization, or place:
    See also:

    kind

  3. A symbol, especially in writing

      1. A distinctive badge, design, or device:
      2. An object or representation that functions as a symbol:
      3. An allegorical picture usually inscribed with a verse or motto presenting a moral lesson.
      1. A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number.
      2. Mathematical calculations:
      3. An amount represented in numbers:
      1. Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality:
      2. An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command:
      3. Sign language.
      1. A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.
      2. A written symbol or character used in the graphemic representation of a word, such as the h in Thames.
      3. A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization.
    See also:

    number

    mark

    letter

  4. *An odd or striking person

  5. Moral strength

    See also:

    honesty

    determination

  6. A role

      1. The character represented by the voice of the speaker in a literary work.
      2. The characters in a dramatic or literary work.
      3. The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.
      1. A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.
      2. Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided:
      3. A division of a book or artistic work such as a film:
    See also:

    role

    cast

    actor

Idioms:

    in-character

    2. out-of-character

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • It was totally out of character for her.

  • "Every country has its own character," said he.

  • Somehow it seemed contrary to his character - any of them.

  • The cover pictured a character looking like Carnac the Magnificent from the old Johnny Carson TV show.

  • The character of the voters is not staked.

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