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character
Overview of noun character
The noun character has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (16) fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")
2. (14) quality, character, lineament -- (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")
3. (11) character, fiber, fibre -- (the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer)
4. (9) character, role, theatrical role, part, persona -- (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona")
5. (4) character, eccentric, type, case -- (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")
6. (1) character -- (good repute; "he is a man of character")
7. (1) character, reference, character reference -- (a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively")
8. character, grapheme, graphic symbol -- (a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters")
9. character -- ((genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes)
Overview of verb character
The verb character has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. character -- (engrave or inscribe characters on)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun character
9 senses of character
Sense 1
fictional character, fictitious character, character
=> imaginary being, imaginary creature
=> imagination, imaginativeness, vision
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
quality, character, lineament
=> property, attribute, dimension
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
=> portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> performing arts
=> humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
=> discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
character
=> repute, reputation
=> honor, honour, laurels
=> standing
=> status, position
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
character, reference, character reference
=> recommendation, testimonial, good word
=> praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment
=> approval, commendation
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
=> written symbol, printed symbol
=> symbol
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
character
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun character
6 of 9 senses of character
Sense 1
fictional character, fictitious character, character
HAS INSTANCE=> Aladdin
HAS INSTANCE=> Argonaut
HAS INSTANCE=> Babar
HAS INSTANCE=> Beatrice
HAS INSTANCE=> Beowulf
HAS INSTANCE=> Bluebeard
HAS INSTANCE=> Bond, James Bond
HAS INSTANCE=> Brer Rabbit
HAS INSTANCE=> Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
HAS INSTANCE=> John Henry
HAS INSTANCE=> Cheshire cat
HAS INSTANCE=> Chicken Little
HAS INSTANCE=> Cinderella
HAS INSTANCE=> Colonel Blimp
HAS INSTANCE=> Dracula
HAS INSTANCE=> Don Quixote
HAS INSTANCE=> El Cid
HAS INSTANCE=> Fagin
HAS INSTANCE=> Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff
HAS INSTANCE=> Father Brown
HAS INSTANCE=> Faust, Faustus
HAS INSTANCE=> Frankenstein
HAS INSTANCE=> Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster
HAS INSTANCE=> Goofy
HAS INSTANCE=> Gulliver
HAS INSTANCE=> Hamlet
HAS INSTANCE=> Horatio Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower
HAS INSTANCE=> Iago
HAS INSTANCE=> Inspector Maigret, Commissaire Maigret
HAS INSTANCE=> Kilroy
HAS INSTANCE=> Lear, King Lear
HAS INSTANCE=> Lilliputian
HAS INSTANCE=> Marlowe, Philip Marlowe
HAS INSTANCE=> Micawber, Wilkins Micawber
HAS INSTANCE=> Mother Goose
HAS INSTANCE=> Mr. Moto
HAS INSTANCE=> Othello
HAS INSTANCE=> Pangloss
HAS INSTANCE=> Pantaloon
HAS INSTANCE=> Perry Mason
HAS INSTANCE=> Peter Pan
HAS INSTANCE=> Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin
HAS INSTANCE=> Pierrot
HAS INSTANCE=> Pluto
HAS INSTANCE=> Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn
HAS INSTANCE=> Rip van Winkle
HAS INSTANCE=> Ruritanian
HAS INSTANCE=> Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes
HAS INSTANCE=> Tom Sawyer
HAS INSTANCE=> Uncle Remus
HAS INSTANCE=> Uncle Tom
HAS INSTANCE=> Uncle Sam
HAS INSTANCE=> Sherlock Holmes, Holmes
HAS INSTANCE=> Simon Legree
HAS INSTANCE=> Sinbad the Sailor, Sinbad
HAS INSTANCE=> Snoopy
HAS INSTANCE=> Ali Baba
HAS INSTANCE=> Emile
HAS INSTANCE=> protagonist, agonist
HAS INSTANCE=> Houyhnhnm
HAS INSTANCE=> Little John
HAS INSTANCE=> Little Red Riding Hood
HAS INSTANCE=> Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov
HAS INSTANCE=> Robin Hood
HAS INSTANCE=> Robinson Crusoe
HAS INSTANCE=> Rumpelstiltskin
HAS INSTANCE=> Shylock
HAS INSTANCE=> Tristan, Tristram
HAS INSTANCE=> Iseult, Isolde
HAS INSTANCE=> Scaramouch, Scaramouche
HAS INSTANCE=> Svengali
HAS INSTANCE=> Todd, Sweeney Todd
HAS INSTANCE=> Trilby
HAS INSTANCE=> Walter Mitty
HAS INSTANCE=> Yahoo
HAS INSTANCE=> Arthur, King Arthur
HAS INSTANCE=> Galahad, Sir Galahad
HAS INSTANCE=> Gawain, Sir Gawain
HAS INSTANCE=> Guinevere, Guenevere
HAS INSTANCE=> Lancelot, Sir Lancelot
HAS INSTANCE=> Merlin
Sense 2
quality, character, lineament
=> texture
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
=> spirit
Sense 4
character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
=> bit part, minor role
=> heavy
=> hero
=> ingenue
=> title role, name part
=> heroine
=> villain, baddie
Sense 8
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
=> allograph
=> check character
=> superscript, superior
=> subscript, inferior
=> ASCII character
=> ligature
=> capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
=> small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule
=> type
=> percent sign, percentage sign
=> asterisk, star
=> dagger, obelisk
=> double dagger, double obelisk, diesis
=> letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
=> space, blank
=> phonetic symbol
=> mathematical symbol
=> rune, runic letter
=> pictograph
=> ideogram, ideograph
=> radical
=> stenograph
Sense 9
character
=> unit character
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun character
9 senses of character
Sense 1
fictional character, fictitious character, character
=> imaginary being, imaginary creature
Sense 2
quality, character, lineament
=> property, attribute, dimension
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
=> trait
Sense 4
character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
=> portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
Sense 5
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
Sense 6
character
=> repute, reputation
Sense 7
character, reference, character reference
=> recommendation, testimonial, good word
Sense 8
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
=> written symbol, printed symbol
Sense 9
character
=> attribute
Antonyms of noun character
Member Holonyms of noun character
Substance Holonyms of noun character
Part Holonyms of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
PART OF: personality
Member Meronyms of noun character
Substance Meronyms of noun character
Part Meronyms of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
Meronyms of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
Holonyms of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
PART OF: personality
Attributes of noun character
Derived Forms of noun character
3 of 9 senses of character
Sense 2
quality, character, lineament
RELATED TO>(adj) characteristic#1
=> characteristic
RELATED TO>(verb) characterize#2
=> characterize, characterise
RELATED TO>(verb) characterize#1
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
RELATED TO>(verb) characterise#1
=> characterize, characterise
RELATED TO>(verb) characterise#2
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
Sense 7
character, reference, character reference
RELATED TO>(verb) characterise#2
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
Sense 8
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
RELATED TO>(verb) character#1
=> character
Domain of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 9
character
TOPIC>(noun) genetics#1, genetic science#1
Domain Terms of noun character
Familiarity of noun character
character used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun character
9 senses of character
Sense 1
fictional character, fictitious character, character
> imaginary being, imaginary creature
=> hypothetical creature
=> mythical being
HAS INSTANCE=> Death
HAS INSTANCE=> Gargantua
=> giant
=> hobbit
HAS INSTANCE=> Maxwell's demon
=> mermaid
=> merman
HAS INSTANCE=> Martian
HAS INSTANCE=> Humpty Dumpty
HAS INSTANCE=> Jack Frost
HAS INSTANCE=> Mammon
=> monster
=> witch
=> fictional character, fictitious character, character
=> psychopomp
=> sylph
HAS INSTANCE=> Tom Thumb
=> unicorn
Sense 2
quality, character, lineament
> property, attribute, dimension
=> quality, character, lineament
=> feature, characteristic
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
> trait
=> character, fiber, fibre
=> nature
=> compulsiveness, compulsivity
=> emotionality, emotionalism
=> unemotionality, emotionlessness
=> activeness, activity
=> inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
=> seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
=> frivolity, frivolousness
=> communicativeness
=> uncommunicativeness
=> thoughtfulness
=> unthoughtfulness, thoughtlessness
=> attentiveness
=> inattentiveness
=> masculinity
=> femininity, muliebrity
=> trustworthiness, trustiness
=> untrustworthiness, untrustiness
=> individuality, individualism, individuation
=> stinginess
=> egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness
=> drive
=> resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
=> irresoluteness, irresolution
=> discipline
=> indiscipline, undiscipline
=> pride
=> humility, humbleness
=> wisdom, wiseness
=> folly, foolishness, unwiseness
=> judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity
=> trust, trustingness, trustfulness
=> distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust
=> cleanliness
=> uncleanliness
=> demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
=> tractability, tractableness, flexibility
=> intractability, intractableness
=> rurality, ruralism
Sense 4
character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
> portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
=> impression
=> character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
Sense 5
character, eccentric, type, case
> adult, grownup
=> brachycephalic
=> caregiver
=> catch, match
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist
=> character, eccentric, type, case
=> conservative, conservativist
=> dolichocephalic
=> elder, senior
=> ex-spouse
=> host
=> important person, influential person, personage
=> Jack of all trades
=> liberal, liberalist, progressive
=> liberal
=> militarist, warmonger
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer
=> patrician
=> pledgee
=> pledger
=> professional, professional person
=> sobersides
=> sophisticate, man of the world
=> stay-at-home, homebody
=> stoic, unemotional person
=> thoroughbred
=> woman, adult female
Sense 6
character
> repute, reputation
=> black eye
=> stock
=> character
=> name
=> fame
Sense 7
character, reference, character reference
> recommendation, testimonial, good word
=> character, reference, character reference
=> puff
Sense 8
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
> written symbol, printed symbol
=> mark
=> character, grapheme, graphic symbol
=> phonogram
Sense 9
character
> attribute
=> state
=> shape, form
=> time
=> space, infinite
=> human nature
=> trait
=> character
=> thing
=> common denominator
=> personality
=> cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
=> uncheerfulness
=> ballast
=> ethos
=> eidos
=> quality
=> property
=> inheritance, heritage
Meronyms of noun character
9 senses of character
Sense 1
fictional character, fictitious character, character
=> imaginary being, imaginary creature
=> imagination, imaginativeness, vision
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
HAS PART: divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
Sense 5
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
HAS PART: adult body
HAS PART: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun character
1 of 9 senses of character
Sense 3
character, fiber, fibre
PART OF: personality
PART OF: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Grep of noun character
alphabetic character
ascii character
ascii character set
ascii control character
backspace character
character
character-at-a-time printer
character actor
character assassination
character printer
character reference
character set
character witness
characterisation
characterisic function
characteristic
characteristic curve
characteristic root of a square matrix
characterization
check character
control character
fictional character
fictitious character
primary sex character
secondary sex character
sex character
unit character
Antonyms of verb character
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb character
1 sense of character
Sense 1
character
=> scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
=> carve, chip at
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb character
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb character
1 sense of character
Sense 1
character
=> scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
'Cause To' of verb character
Derived Forms of verb character
1 sense of character
Sense 1
character
RELATED TO>(noun) character#8
=> character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Domain of verb character
Domain Terms of verb character
Familiarity of verb character
character used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb character
1 sense of character
Sense 1
character
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb character
1 sense of character
Sense 1
character
> scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
=> character
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb character
Sense 1
character
=> scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
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Grep of verb character
character
characterise
characterize
Grep of adj character
characterised
characteristic
characterized
characterless
Grep of adv character
characteristically
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