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| Main Entry: | personal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | private, individual |
| Synonyms: | exclusive, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, privy, retired, secluded, secret, special, claimed |
| 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, 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: | 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: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egomaniacal, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring, stuck on oneself |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless |
* = 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: | favorite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preferred |
| Synonyms: | beloved, choice, darling, dear, especial, favored, intimate, liked, main, number one, personal, pet*, pleasant, popular, precious, sweetheart*, admired, adored, best-loved, cherished, dearest, desired, esteemed, prized, revered, treasured, wished-for |
| Antonyms: | hated, disliked, loathed |
* = 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: | 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: | inquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious |
| Synonyms: | analytical, forward, impertinent, inquiring, interested, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, personal, presumptuous, prying, questioning, searching, speculative, big-eyed, challenging, inquisitorial, investigative, peering, poking, probing, scrutinizing, sifting, snooping |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested, incurious |
| Main Entry: | nosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious; prying |
| Synonyms: | inquisitive, interested, intrusive, meddlesome, personal, searching, eavesdropping, inquisitorial, inquisitory, interfering, intermeddling, snooping, snoopy |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, uninterested |
| 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: | respective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | particular, specific |
| Synonyms: | corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, aloof, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, secret, segregated, shy, singular, solitary, unapproachable, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn, beleaguered, blockaded, off the beaten track, screened, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shut off, tucked away, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable, joining, mingling, socializing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, diverse, handful, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, numerous, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, rare, respective, scanty, scarce, separate, single, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry, a few, a lot, divers, hardly any, not many, only a few, quite a few, scant, scarcely any, small number |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
| Main Entry: | special |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinguished, distinctive; important in own way |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, best, certain, characteristic, chief, choice, definite, different, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, festive, first, gala, individual, limited, main, major, marked, memorable, momentous, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, personal, primary, proper, rare, red-letter*, reserved, restricted, select, set, significant, sole, specialized, specific, uncommon, unique, unreal*, unusual, defined, designated, determinate, earmarked, smashing |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, normal, ordinary, undistinguished, unimportant, usual, indistinctive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subjective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional; based on inner experience rather than fact |
| Synonyms: | abstract, biased, fanciful, idiosyncratic, illusory, individual, instinctive, introspective, introverted, intuitive, personal, prejudiced, nonobjective, nonrepresentative, unobjective |
| Antonyms: | objective, unbiased, unemotional, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | ulterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; pertaining to a hidden goal |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, under wraps*, undisclosed, unexpressed, unsaid, buried, obscured, shrouded, under cover, undivulged |
| Antonyms: | known, overt, public, expressed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiosyncratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peculiar |
| Synonyms: | distinctive, personal, quirky |
| Main Entry: | innermost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inmost |
| Synonyms: | deepest, intimate, personal, private |
| Main Entry: | brotherly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, charitable, compassionate, cordial, disinterested, forgiving, fraternal, generous, humane, intimate, kindly, neighborly, personal, philanthropic, solicitous, sympathetic, tender, understanding, comprehending, comradely, selfless |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, unfriendly, sisterly, sororal, uncompanionable, uncompassionate, unneighborly |
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