Synonyms for individual
ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əlin·di·vid·u·al

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1. individualadjective

   Synonyms:
   single, personal, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   collective, joint, shared, group

2. individualadjective

   Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

   He is an unusual individual.

   Synonyms:
   personal, single, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   shared, joint, collective, group

3. individualadjective

   Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

   individual personal pension; individual cream cakes

   Synonyms:
   single, selfstanding, personal

   Antonyms:
   collective, group, shared, joint

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1. individual

   Synonyms:
   personal, specific, peculiar, indivisible, identical, singular, idiosyncratic, special, single, separate, particular

   Antonyms:
   general, common, collective, plural

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1. person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulnoun

   a human being

   "there was too much for one person to do"

   Synonyms:
   somebody, person, someone, psyche, mortal, soulfulness, soul

   Antonyms:
   common, dependent, public, impersonal, communal, shared

2. individualadjective

   a single organism

   Synonyms:
   soul, mortal, somebody, person, someone

   Antonyms:
   dependent, impersonal, communal, common, shared, public

3. individual, singleadjective

   being or characteristic of a single thing or person

   "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

   Synonyms:
   individual(a), unmarried, private, item-by-item, single, exclusive, case-by-case, single(a), undivided

   Antonyms:
   dependent, shared, impersonal, common, public, communal

4. individual, case-by-case, item-by-itemadjective

   separate and distinct from others of the same kind

   "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

   Synonyms:
   private, item-by-item, individual(a), single(a), single, case-by-case

   Antonyms:
   common, public, shared, dependent, impersonal, communal

5. individual, single(a)adjective

   characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

   "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

   Antonyms:
   shared, communal, dependent, common, impersonal, public

6. individual(a), privateadjective

   concerning one person exclusively

   "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

   Antonyms:
   dependent, shared, communal, common, public, impersonal

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1. individualadjective

   Synonyms:
   particular, special, separate, single, one

2. individualnoun

   Synonyms:
   person, personage, character, being, somebody, some one

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1. List of paraphrases for "individual":

   person, personal, individually, particular, one-on-one, individuals, each, separate, different, solo, specific, various, single, person-level, isolated, certain, individualized, odd, persons, award, one-to-one, every, case-by-case, individual-level, respective, anybody, capita, nobody, anyone, proprietorship, odd-numbered, personne

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1. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   Even if this individual had been monitored 24 hours a day, it's quite likely, certainly possible, that this incident could have taken place.

2. Jale Uncu of Zealand Tattoo:

   I wouldn’t understand exactly why they would be getting upset about this particular individual when it’s so well spread internationally… all parts of the globe and all ethnic origins.

3. Larry Boone:

   We do not want perceptions of any individual officer to undermine the relations between the Norfolk Police and the community, i ask the community to continue to support the officers of Norfolk Police as in the past knowing that right now, at this moment, they are continuing to serve and protect them.

4. John Thune:

   Our identity for the past several years now has been built around an individual, you got to get back to where its built around a set of ideals and principles and policies.

5. Edgar Cayce:

   Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the end. How true, because the mind and the body imprint and imitate each other. What we think, we become. What we become, we think. It's an insidious process that can predispose us to illness or it can lead us to health.