personal

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
3. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
4. (euphemistic) Intended for sexual use.
5. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
6. Done in person; without an intermediary.
7. Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
8. Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
9. Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.
10. Denoting ownership.

Noun

1. (in-plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
2. One's own property or asset

Synonyms

private

individual

own

one’s own

subjective

intimate

confidential

person

🧑‍🦱

firsthand

idiosyncratic

direct

peculiar

personalized

inmost

innermost

human

personalised

person-to-person

privately owned

private person

privy

proper

proprietary

secluded

self

self-centered

self-centred

unique

unofficial

verbal

my style

my way

national

personality

intimate 1

autologous

belonging to oneself

characteristic

close

corporal

distinctive

exact

exclusive

face-to-face

family

👪

immediate

individualistic

just

my

oneself

Translations

personnel

persönlich

personal

personale

personal

persoonlijk

kişisel

προσωπικός

pessoal

privé

şahsi

özel

privat

personalmente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

Sentences

Some of the leaders of the uprising later abused their privileges for personal gain .

Crampton donated a clock as a personal gift to the church .

Apartments are the personal spaces Avakins can buy .