character
character is a 9-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
- noun. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.
- noun. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.
- noun. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.
- noun. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.
- noun. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.
- noun. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.
- noun. A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.
- noun. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character.
- noun. One of the persons of a drama or novel.
- transitive verb. To engrave; to inscribe.
- transitive verb. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
- noun. (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- noun. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions- Herbert Spencer
"education has for its object the formation of character"
- noun. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
"each town has a quality all its own"
"the radical character of our demands"
- noun. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"she played the part of Desdemona"
- 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"
- noun. a written symbol that is used to represent speech
"the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
- noun. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
"she is the main character in the novel"
- noun. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
"a real character"
"a strange character"
- noun. good repute
"he is a man of character"
- verb. engrave or inscribe characters on
Synonyms
fiber, fibre, lineament, quality, part, persona, role, reference, grapheme, case, eccentric, type
Common word forms
characters, charactered, characterful, charactering, characterise, characterize, characterless
Words from these letters
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