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NOUN | 1 | character, fictional character, fictitious character | An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) |
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2 | character, quality, lineament | A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
3 | character, fiber, fibre | The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | |
4 | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play | |
5 | character, eccentric, type, case | A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | |
6 | character | Good repute | |
7 | character, reference, character reference | A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | |
8 | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | A written symbol that is used to represent speech | |
VERB | 1 | character | Engrave or inscribe characters on |
Sounds | keh'rihkter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story). |
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Examples | "she is the main character in the novel" |
Synonyms | fictional character, fictitious character |
Narrower | Aladdin; Argonaut; Babar; Beatrice; Beowulf; Bluebeard; Bond, James Bond; 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; Horatio Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower; Iago; Inspector Maigret, Commissaire Maigret; Kilroy; Lear, King Lear; Lilliputian; Marlowe, Philip Marlowe; Micawber, Wilkins Micawber; Mother Goose; Mr. Moto; Othello; Pangloss; Pantaloon; Perry Mason; Peter Pan; Pierrot; Pluto; Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn; Ruritanian; Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes; Tom Sawyer; Uncle Tom; Uncle Sam; Sherlock Holmes, Holmes; Simon Legree; Sinbad the Sailor, Sinbad; Snoopy; Ali Baba; Emile; protagonist, agonist; Houyhnhnm; Little John; Little Red Ricing Hood; Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov; Robin Hood; Robinson Crusoe; Rumpelstiltskin; Shylock; Tristan, Tristram; Iseult; Scaramouch, Scaramouche; Svengali; Todd, Sweeney Todd; Trilby; Walter Mitty; Yahoo; Arthur, King Arthur; Galahad, Sir Galahad; Gawain, Sir Gawain; Guinevere, Guenevere; Lancelot, Sir Lancelot; Merlin |
Broader | imaginary being, imaginary creature |
Meaning | A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. |
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Examples | "the radical character of our demands" |
Synonyms | quality, lineament |
Narrower | texture |
Broader | property, attribute, dimension |
Verbs | characterize, characterise; characterize, characterise |
Meaning | The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. |
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Examples | "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer |
Synonyms | fiber, fibre |
Part of | personality |
Parts | thoughtfulness; responsibility, responsibleness; integrity |
Narrower | spirit |
Broader | trait |
Meaning | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. |
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Synonyms | role, theatrical role, part, persona |
Narrower | bit part, minor role; heavy; hero; ingenue; title role, name part; heroine; villain, baddie |
Broader | portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation |
Meaning | A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). |
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Examples | "a real character"; "a strange character" |
Synonyms | eccentric, type, case |
Broader | adult, grownup |
Meaning | Good repute. |
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Examples | "he is a man of character" |
Broader | repute, reputation |
Meaning | A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability. |
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Examples | "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively" |
Synonyms | reference, character reference |
Broader | recommendation, testimonial, good word |
Verbs | characterise |
Meaning | A written symbol that is used to represent speech. |
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Examples | "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" |
Synonyms | grapheme, graphic symbol |
Narrower | allograph; check character; superscript, superior; subscript, inferior; ASCII character; ligature; capital, capital letter, upper case, upper-case letter, majuscule; small letter, lower case, lower-case letter, minuscule; type; percent sign, percentage sign; asterisk, star; dagger, obelisk; double dagger, double obelisk, dieses; letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character; space, blank; phonetic symbol; mathematical symbol; rune, runic letter; pictograph; ideogram, ideograph; radical; stenograph |
Broader | written symbol, printed symbol |
Verbs | character |
Meaning | Engrave or inscribe characters on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | engrave, grave, inscribe |
Nouns | character |