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1. | [ noun ] (writing) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) | |
Synonyms: | fictitious_character fictional_character | |
Examples: | "she is the main character in the novel" |
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Related terms: | imaginary_being Sherlock_Holmes Don_Quixote Uncle_Sam John_Henry Liliputian Gulliver Cinderella Huckleberry_Finn Beatrice Babar El_Cid captain_horatio_hornblower commissaire_maigret Little_John Lilliputian Mother_Goose Pangloss Pantaloon Pierrot chicken_little Tarzan Tom_Sawyer Uncle_Tom Fagin Bluebeard Ali_Baba Emile Falstaff protagonist simon_legree Little_Red_Ricing_Hood Raskolnikov Robin_Hood Rumpelstiltskin Tristan Iseult Yahoo Arthur beowulf bond cheshire_cat peter_pan colonel_blimp dracula father_brown frankenstein frankenstein goofy hamlet pluto iago Houyhnhnm kilroy king_lear marlowe micawber mr._moto othello perry_mason Faust Bunyan Argonaut sinbad snoopy Galahad Gawain Guinevere Lancelot Merlin robinson_crusoe shylock scaramouch sweeney_todd walter_mitty ruritanian svengali trilby Aladdin | |
2. | [ noun ] a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
Synonyms: | quality lineament | |
Examples: | "each town has a quality all its own" "the radical character of our demands" |
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Related terms: | property texture qualify characterize qualify | |
3. | [ noun ] the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | |
Synonyms: | fibre fiber | |
Examples: | : "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer |
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Related terms: | trait spirit personality responsibility integrity thoughtfulness | |
4. | [ noun ] (theater) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | |
Synonyms: | part role persona theatrical_role | |
Examples: | "she played the part of Desdemona" |
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Related terms: | portrayal hero heroine villain bit_part ingenue heavy title_role impersonate | |
5. | [ noun ] a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | |
Synonyms: | type case eccentric | |
Examples: | "a real character" "a strange character" "a friendly eccentric" "the capable type" "a mental case" |
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Related terms: | adult type | |
6. | [ noun ] a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | |
Synonyms: | reference character_reference | |
Examples: | "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively" |
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Related terms: | recommendation qualify | |
7. | [ noun ] good repute | |
Examples: | "he is a man of character" |
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Related terms: | repute | |
8. | [ verb ] engrave or inscribe characters on | |
Related terms: | engrave | |
9. | [ noun ] a written symbol that is used to represent speech | |
Synonyms: | graphic_symbol grapheme | |
Examples: | "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" |
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Related terms: | written_symbol letter type space asterisk capital phonetic_symbol rune small_letter percent_sign check_character ASCII_character subscript dagger double_dagger mathematical_symbol monogram pictograph ideogram radical superscript ligature stenograph allograph | |
Similar spelling: |
characterize characterise charcuterie chorister Characidae charcot Christen Christel characid Christene Christena Christeen Christ Chrest Christeson christella Christenson Christensen christening Christendom Charest |