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| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | singular person, thing |
| Synonyms: | being, body, character, child, creature, dude*, entity, existence, human being, man, material, matter, mortal, number, party, person, personage, self, somebody, something, soul, stuff, substance, type, unit, woman, singleton |
| Antonyms: | group |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diagnostic, discriminating, distinctive, distinguishing, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique, differentiating, discriminative, emblematic, individualistic, individualizing |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, untypical, uncharacteristic |
| Main Entry: | creature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being, beast |
| Synonyms: | animal, body, brute, creation, fellow, individual, man, mortal, party, person, personage, soul, woman, critter, living being, living thing, lower animal, quadruped, varmint |
| Antonyms: | abstract, inanimate |
| Main Entry: | detailed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | itemized, particularized |
| Synonyms: | abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, circumstantial, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, developed, elaborate, exact, exhaustive, finicky*, full, fussy*, individual, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, precise, specific, specified, thorough, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantiated, clocklike, described, disclosed, elaborated, enumerated, exhausting, individualized, point-by-point, seriatim, unfolded |
| Antonyms: | brief, cursory, sparing, uncomplicated, inexhaustive, nonspecific, undetailed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissimilar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alike; not capable of comparison |
| Synonyms: | antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, unique |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, cool, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked, diacritic, far cry, like night and day, poles apart |
| Notes: | distinct means something stands out - while distinctive implies that an attribute or quality make something recognizable or distinguishable |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | each |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | every |
| Synonyms: | all, any, exclusive, individual, one by one*, particular, personal, respective, separate, several, single, specific, various, piece by piece, without exception |
| Antonyms: | none |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | especial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, particular |
| Synonyms: | chief, distinguished, dominant, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, peculiar, personal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, principal, private, set, signal, singular, special, specific, supreme, uncommon, unique, unusual, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, usual, unspecific |
| Main Entry: | guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man |
| Synonyms: | bird*, bloke*, boy, brother, bud, buddy, cat*, chap, chum, dude*, fellow, gentleman, individual, male, person, feller |
| Antonyms: | girl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | human |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | characteristic of people |
| Synonyms: | animal, anthropoid, civilized, fallible, fleshly, forgivable, individual, mortal, personal, vulnerable, anthropological, anthropomorphic, biped, bipedal, creatural, ethnologic, ethological, hominal, hominid, hominine, humanistic |
| Antonyms: | immortal, inhuman, unmanly |
| Main Entry: | human |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, Homo sapiens |
| Synonyms: | being, body, character, child, creature, individual, life, mortal, personage, soul, biped, wight |
| Antonyms: | abstract, immortal, inanimate, nonentity, plant |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
| Synonyms: | built-in, characteristic, congenital, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indispensable, individual, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, subjective, connate, in the grain, inbuilt, indwelling, running in the family, unalienable |
| Antonyms: | acquired, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned, added |
| Main Entry: | mortal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human being |
| Synonyms: | animal, being, body, character, creature, earthling, human, individual, man, party, person, personage, soul, woman, living soul, naked ape |
| Antonyms: | animal, plant |
| Main Entry: | only |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | singular |
| Synonyms: | alone, apart, exclusive, individual, isolated, lone, matchless, one, particular, peerless, single, sole, solitary, solo, unaccompanied, unequaled, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled, by oneself, once in a lifetime, one and only, one shot, onliest |
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to individual |
| Synonyms: | endemic, individual, inherent, intrinsic, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, hers, his, its, theirs, very own, yours |
| Main Entry: | person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human being |
| Synonyms: | being, body, character, creature, customer, guy, human, identity, individual, individuality, joker*, life, man, mortal, party, personage, personality, self, somebody, soul, specimen, spirit, unit*, woman, gal, living soul |
| Antonyms: | animal, plant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | particular, specific |
| Synonyms: | corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | sample |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, model |
| Synonyms: | bit, bite, case, case history, constituent, cross section, element, fragment, illustration, indication, individual, instance, morsel, part, pattern, piece, portion, representative, segment, sign, specimen, unit, exemplification, sampling, typification |
| Main Entry: | self-sufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to take care of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one's own thing, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one's own, out for number one, self-confident, self-dependent, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining, smug, unit |
| Antonyms: | incapable, needy, unable |
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