Other Definitions individual (enc)
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Individual| Noun | 1. | individual - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) changer, modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" contestant - a person who participates in competitions coward - a person who shows fear or timidity creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry" expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action lover - a person who loves or is loved leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" | | | 2. | individual - a single organismorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently head - an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" | | | Adj. | 1. | individual - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" common - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" | | | 2. | individual - separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic" | | | 3. | individual - characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" | | | 4. | individual - concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"personal - concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers" | |
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