character

Meaning

Noun

1. A being involved in the action of a story.
2. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
3. A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
5. A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
6. A written or printed symbol, or letter.
7. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
8. A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
9. One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
10. (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
11. A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
12. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
13. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
14. A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
15. (obsolete) Personal appearance.

Verb

To write (using characters); to describe.

Concepts

character

nature

personality

disposition

letter

quality

temperament

type

temper

characteristic

mark

sign

personage

person

token

trait

individuality

property

conduct

case

signal

alphabet

writing

kind

attribute

form

symbol

reference

spirit

behavior

appearance

part

identity

habit

reputation

persona

role

feature

behaviour

eccentric

fibre

engrave

grapheme

graphic symbol

figure

fellow

condition

manner

sort

hero

gentility

fiber

fictional character

fictitious character

theatrical role

character reference

lineament

inscribe

attitude

heart

𐐿𐐰𐑉𐐮𐐿𐐻𐐲𐑉

certificate

certification

deposition

evidence

proof

testimony

status

ethos

personal appearance

man

inclination

tendency

genius

player

consonant

essence

flavour

individual

embody

stamp

characteristics

brand

item

variety

celebrity

fame

name

mind

letter of the alphabet

shape

face

word

star

font

VIP

actor

bigwig

dignitary

distinguishing feature

man of some importance

traits

hand-writing

talented man

makings of

qualities

pattern

individual characteristics

individual characteristic

good repute

repute

mood temperament

feel

complexion

self

oneself

selfness

basic nature

stuff

characterization

testimonial

desire

likeness

reflection

soul

interior

spirits

peculiarity

char

merit

worth

actions

demeanour

habits

meaning

method

significance

disposition,

colour

article

commodity

genre

line

species

specimen

ware

panjandrum

bruit

hearsay

kudos

renown

report

rumor

rumour

carver

distinction

specificity

tag

class

sense

honour

prestige

propensity

breve

brief

encyclic

epistle

favour

handwriting

missive

script

opinion

cipher

gestalt

somebody

someone

carve

cavern

chase

chip

chisel

gouge

groove

incise

rout

trench

streak

badge

brand name

flash

indication

make

manifestation

marker

pip

portent

flake

breed

dude

mold

mould

awake

root

tilde

backslash

mentality

lesson

fortitude

strength of mind

strength

glyph

will

emotions

seat of emotions

thoughts

manners

state

witness

earmark

hallmark

tone

heritage

curiosity

freak

oddball

original

guy

air

written character

moral quality

big name

personae

image

calibre

individualism

augury

index

nucleoskeleton

omen

alphabetic character

jamo

letter character

custom

calling

destiny

graph

bearing

sex

Hyphenated as

char‧ac‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæɹɪktə/

Etymology

From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.

Sentences

These tokens also have a small character printed on the bottom of the token .