character

• "she is the main character in the novel"

Synonyms

• fictional characteran imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
• fictitious characteran imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• "each town has a quality all its own"
• "the radical character of our demands"

Synonyms

• qualityof superior grade; of high social status; an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; a degree or grade of excellence or worth; a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); high social status
• lineamenta characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin

• "education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer"

Synonyms

• fibera slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn ; coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) ; the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
• fibrea slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn ; any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) ; the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

• "she played the part of Desdemona"

Synonyms

• rolethe actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; what something is used for; normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
• theatrical rolean actor's portrayal of someone in a play
• partto some extent; go one's own way; discontinue an association or relation; leave; come apart; force, take, or pull apart; something determined in relation to something that includes it; something less than the whole of a human artifact; a portion of a natural object; that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; the extended spatial location of something; the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result; an item that is an instance of some type
• personaan actor's portrayal of someone in a play; (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

• "a real character"
• "a strange character"
• "a friendly eccentric"
• "the capable type"
• "a mental case"

Synonyms

• eccentricconspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; not having a common center; a person with an unusual or odd personality ; a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
• typewrite by means of a keyboard with types; identify as belonging to a certain type; a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon ; printed characters; all of the tokens of the same symbol; a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end
• caselook over, usually with the intention to rob; enclose in, or as if in, a case; an occurrence of something; a special set of circumstances; a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; the actual state of things; a portable container for carrying several objects; a person requiring professional services; a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; a problem requiring investigation; a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; the quantity contained in a case ; nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence ; a specific state of mind that is temporary; a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); a specific size and style of type within a type family ; an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part ; the housing or outer covering of something; the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

• "he is a man of character"

• "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

Synonyms

• referencerefer to; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; an indicator that orients you generally; a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the act of referring or consulting; a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored ; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
• character referencea formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

Synonyms

• graphrepresent by means of a graph; plot upon a graph ; a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes ; a visual display of information ; a written symbol that is used to represent speech
• graphemea written symbol that is used to represent speech
• graphic symbola written symbol that is used to represent speech