Dictionary Entry
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.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.
- 5noun
Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.
- 9noun
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.
- 10noun
One of the persons of a drama or novel.
- 11transitive verb
To engrave; to inscribe.
- 12transitive verb
To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
- 13noun
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- 14noun
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"
- 15noun
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"
- 16noun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"she played the part of Desdemona"
- 17noun
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"
Synonyms
- 18noun
a written symbol that is used to represent speech
"the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Synonyms
- 19noun
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
"she is the main character in the novel"
- 20noun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
"a real character"
"a strange character"
- 21noun
good repute
"he is a man of character"
- 22verb
engrave or inscribe characters on
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