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Type Words
Synonyms character reference, reference
Type of testimonial, recommendation, good word
Derivation characterise


requests for character references are all too often answered evasively.
Type Words
Synonyms case, eccentric, type
Type of adult, grownup


a real character.
a strange character.
Type Words
Synonyms fiber, fibre
Type of trait
Has types spirit


education has for its object the formation of character.
Type Words
Synonyms fictional character, fictitious character
Type of imaginary being, imaginary creature
Has types protagonist, agonist


she is the main character in the novel.
Type Words
Synonyms graph, grapheme, graphic symbol
Type of written symbol, printed symbol
Has types subscript, ideogram, ideograph, double obelisk, inferior, double dagger, capital letter, capital, blank, radical, minuscule, alphabetic character, upper-case letter, dagger, obelisk, uppercase, allograph, percent sign, percentage sign, check character, small letter, type, phonetic symbol, pictograph, space, star, stenograph, superior, superscript, rune, letter, letter of the alphabet, ligature, runic letter, asterisk, lower-case letter, lowercase, majuscule, mathematical symbol, ascii character, diesis


the Greek alphabet has 24 characters.
Type Words
Synonyms lineament, quality
Type of attribute, dimension, property
Has types texture
Derivation characterise, characteristic, characterize


the radical character of our demands.
Type Words
Synonyms part, persona, role, theatrical role
Type of enactment, portrayal, characterization, personation
Has types heavy, title role, baddie, villain, bit part, heroine, name part, hero, minor role, ingenue
Type Words
Type of inscribe, scratch, engrave, grave
Type Words
Type of attribute
Has types unit character
Type Words
Type of reputation, repute


he is a man of character.

Examples of character

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Both series feature a central character whose rise comes after a leader's death.
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Jasmine Mistry, the central character, is shell-shocked from her recent divorce.
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Besides being a great player on the field, he has great character off the field.
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Yet it is the continuing character of Thursday Next that draws the most readers.
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That aspect is there, but like its titular character, the film encompasses much.
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Each story is a first-person narrative that takes readers inside that character.
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All were muscular, clean, not flamboyant or over-emotive, but full of character.
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Who do you think demonstrates good character traits in your school or community?
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The lead character, a tall, unflappable Frenchman of few words, looks like Tati.
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  • Fictional character: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
  • Engrave or inscribe characters on
  • Quality: 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"
  • The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
  • An actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • Character (Dutch: Karakter) is a 1997 Dutch-Belgian film, based on the best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards. The film stars Fedja van Huu00EAt, Jan Decleir, and Betty Schuurman.
  • Character is the seventh studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band, Dark Tranquillity. The album was first released in January 24, 2005 through Century Media Records. ...
  • In computer and machine-based telecommunications terminology, a character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language.