character
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
she is the main character in the novel
Types & categories
- imaginary being
- Aladdin
- Argonaut
- Babar
- Beatrice
- Beowulf
- Bluebeard
- James Bond
- Brer Rabbit
- Paul Bunyan
- John Henry
- Cheshire cat
- Chicken Little
- Cinderella
- Colonel Blimp
- Dracula
- Don Quixote
- El Cid
- Fagin
- Falstaff
- Father Brown
- Faust
- Frankenstein
- Frankenstein's monster
- Goofy
- Gulliver
- Hamlet
- Horatio Hornblower
- Iago
- Inspector Maigret
- Kilroy
- King Lear
- Lilliputian
- Philip Marlowe
- Micawber
- Mother Goose
- Mr. Moto
- Othello
- Pangloss
- Pantaloon
- Perry Mason
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Pierrot
- Pluto
- Huckleberry Finn
- Rip van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Tarzan of the Apes
- Tom Sawyer
- Uncle Remus
- Uncle Tom
- Uncle Sam
- Sherlock Holmes
- Simon Legree
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Snoopy
- Ali Baba
- Emile
- agonist
- Houyhnhnm
- Little John
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Raskolnikov
- Robin Hood
- Robinson Crusoe
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Shylock
- Tristan
- Iseult
- Scaramouch
- Svengali
- Sweeney Todd
- Trilby
- Walter Mitty
- Yahoo
- King Arthur
- Galahad
- Gawain
- Guinevere
- Lancelot
- Merlin
Sense 2 verb
engrave or inscribe characters on
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Sense 3 noun
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
each town has a quality all its own
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Sense 4 noun
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
education has for its object the formation of character
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 5 noun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
she played the part of Desdemona
Types & categories
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Sense 6 noun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a real character
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
good repute
he is a man of character
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Sense 8 noun
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 too often answered evasively
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Sense 9 noun
a written symbol that is used to represent speech
the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
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Sense 10 noun
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imaginary being |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Aladdin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Argonaut |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Babar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Beatrice |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Beowulf |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bluebeard |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | James Bond |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Brer Rabbit |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Paul Bunyan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | John Henry |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cheshire cat |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chicken Little |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cinderella |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Colonel Blimp |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dracula |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Don Quixote |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | El Cid |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Fagin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Falstaff |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Father Brown |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Faust |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frankenstein |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frankenstein's monster |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Goofy |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulliver |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hamlet |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Horatio Hornblower |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Iago |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Inspector Maigret |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kilroy |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | King Lear |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lilliputian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip Marlowe |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Micawber |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mother Goose |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mr. Moto |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Othello |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pangloss |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pantaloon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Perry Mason |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Peter Pan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pierrot |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pluto |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Huckleberry Finn |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rip van Winkle |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ruritanian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tarzan of the Apes |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tom Sawyer |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Uncle Remus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Uncle Tom |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Uncle Sam |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Simon Legree |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sinbad the Sailor |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Snoopy |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ali Baba |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Emile |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | agonist |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Houyhnhnm |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Little John |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Little Red Riding Hood |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Raskolnikov |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Robin Hood |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rumpelstiltskin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Shylock |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tristan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Iseult |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Scaramouch |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Svengali |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sweeney Todd |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Trilby |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Walter Mitty |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Yahoo |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | King Arthur |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Galahad |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gawain |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Guinevere |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lancelot |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Merlin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grapheme |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inscribe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | qualify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | characteristic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | texture |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | personality |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | thoughtfulness |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | responsibleness |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | integrity |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | trait |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spirit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | personify |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | portrayal |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bit part |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hero |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingenue |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | title role |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | heroine |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | baddie |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | typify |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | typic |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | reputation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterize |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | good word |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | character |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | written symbol |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | allograph |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | check character |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | superscript |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | subscript |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | ASCII character |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | ligature |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | capital letter |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | minuscule |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | type |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | percent sign |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | asterisk |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dagger |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | double dagger |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | letter of the alphabet |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | blank |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | phonetic symbol |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | mathematical symbol |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | rune |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pictograph |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | ideogram |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | radical |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | stenograph |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | unit character |