| Main Entry: | personal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | private, individual |
Synonyms: |
claimed, exclusive, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, privy, retired, secluded, secret, special |
| Notes: | personal means concerning or affecting a particular person; personnel are the people employed by or active in an organization, business, or service |
Antonyms: |
general, public |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, individualistic, individualizing, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, uncharacteristic, untypical |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | face-to-face; next to |
Synonyms: |
contiguous, firsthand, head-on, immediate, lineal, next, personal, primary, prompt, proximate, resultant, succeeding |
Antonyms: |
indirect |
| Main Entry: | each |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | every |
Synonyms: |
all, any, exclusive, individual, one by one, particular, personal, piece by piece, respective, separate, several, single, specific, various, without exception |
Antonyms: |
none |
| Main Entry: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
Synonyms: |
affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egomaniacal, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious |
Antonyms: |
altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, selfless, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming |
| 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, surpassing, uncommon, unique, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, unspecific, usual |
| Main Entry: | favorite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preferred |
Synonyms: |
admired, adored, beloved, best-loved, cherished, choice, darling, dear, dearest, desired, especial, esteemed, favored, intimate, liked, main, number one, personal, pet*, pleasant, popular, precious, prized, revered, sweetheart*, treasured, wished-for |
Antonyms: |
disliked, hated, loathed |
| Main Entry: | human |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | characteristic of people |
Synonyms: |
animal, anthropoid, anthropological, anthropomorphic, biped, bipedal, civilized, creatural, ethnologic, ethological, fallible, fleshly, forgivable, hominal, hominid, hominine, humanistic, individual, mortal, personal, vulnerable |
| Notes: | a human is a person while being humane means characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion |
Antonyms: |
immortal, inhuman, unmanly |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
Synonyms: |
alone, characteristic, definite, diacritic, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personalized, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unitary, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | inner |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mental, private |
Synonyms: |
central, concealed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, emotional, esoteric, essential, focal, gut, hidden, individual, inherent, innate, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, intuitive, inward, personal, psychological, repressed, secret, spiritual, subconscious, unrevealed, visceral, viscerous |
Antonyms: |
outer, physical |