| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
Synonyms: |
air, character, complexion, difference, discreteness, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, individualism, ipseity, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, particularity, peculiarity, rarity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, temper, temperament, uniqueness, unity, unlikeness, way |
| Main Entry: | being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential nature |
Synonyms: |
character, entity, essence, essentia, essentiality, individuality, marrow, personality, quintessence, self, soul, spirit, substance, texture |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
Synonyms: |
affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, differentia, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, lineament, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, particularity, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, singularity, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, thumbprint, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue |
Antonyms: |
abnormality |
| Main Entry: | complexion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone's character |
Synonyms: |
appearance, aspect, cast, countenance, disposition, guise, humor, ilk, individualism, individuality, kind, light, look, make-up, nature, personality, seeming, semblance, sort, stamp, style, temper, temperament, type |
| Main Entry: | disposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal temperament |
Synonyms: |
bag*, being, bent, bias, cast, character, complexion, constitution, cup of tea, druthers, emotions, flash, frame of mind, groove*, habit, humor, identity, inclination, individualism, individuality, leaning, make-up, mind-set, mood, nature, penchant, personality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, spirit, stamp, temper, tendency, tenor, thing*, tone, type, vein |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | differentiation; feature |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, alterity, analysis, characteristic, clearness, contrast, diagnosis, difference, differential, discernment, discrepancy, discreteness, discretion, discrimination, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, division, earmark, estimation, individuality, judgment, mark, marking, nicety, otherness, particularity, peculiarity, penetration, perception, qualification, quality, refinement, sensitivity, separation, sharpness, tact, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | existence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life |
Synonyms: |
actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, hand one is dealt, individuality, journey, lifing, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race, real world, reality, something, subsistence, survival, the big game, world |
Antonyms: |
death, inanimateness |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
Synonyms: |
affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, differential, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, integrant, item, mark, notability, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, speciality, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue |
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| Main Entry: | humor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mood, temperament |
Synonyms: |
bee, bent, bias, caprice, character, complexion, conceit, disposition, fancy, frame of mind, individualism, individuality, makeup, mind, nature, notion, personality, propensity, quirk, spirits, strain, temper, tone, vagary, vein, whim |
| Main Entry: | makeup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's character |
Synonyms: |
build, cast, complexion, constitution, disposition, fiber, figure, frame of mind, grain, humor, individualism, individuality, make, mold, nature, personality, stamp, stripe, temper, temperament, vein |