Synonyms for character
ˈkær ɪk tərchar·ac·ter

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1. character

   Character is what one is; reputation, what he is thought to be; his record is the total of his known action or inaction. As a rule, a man's record will substantially express his character; his reputation may be higher or lower than his character or record will justify. Repute is a somewhat formal word, with the same general sense as reputation. One's nature includes all his original endowments or propensities; character includes both natural and acquired traits. We speak of one's physical constitution as strong or weak, etc., and figuratively, always with the adjective, of his mental or moral constitution. Compare CHARACTERISTIC.

   Synonyms:
   constitution, disposition, genius, nature, personality, record, reputation, spirit, temper, temperament

   Preposition:
   The witness has a character for veracity; his character is above suspicion; the character of the applicant.

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1. character

   Synonyms:
   symbol, letter, nature, type, disposition, genius, temperament, cast, estimation, repute, office, reputation, part, capacity, class, order, sort, stamp, kind, quality, species, sign, tone, mark, figure, record

   Antonyms:
   vagueness, anonymousness, nondescription, disrepute

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1. fictional character, fictitious character, characternoun

   an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

   "she is the main character in the novel"

   Synonyms:
   fibre, grapheme, type, character reference, graphic symbol, reference, fiber, quality, fictional character, fictitious character, role, case, part, theatrical role, eccentric, lineament, persona

2. quality, character, lineamentnoun

   a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

   "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"

   Synonyms:
   fibre, grapheme, type, feature, character reference, caliber, graphic symbol, lineament, fiber, quality, role, fictional character, fictitious character, timber, case, part, persona, reference, theatrical role, tone, eccentric, timbre, calibre

3. character, fiber, fibrenoun

   the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

   "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

   Synonyms:
   fibre, type, character reference, graphic symbol, reference, fiber, grapheme, fictional character, fictitious character, role, case, part, roughage, lineament, vulcanized fiber, theatrical role, eccentric, quality, persona

4. character, role, theatrical role, part, personanoun

   an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

   "she played the part of Desdemona"

   Synonyms:
   graphic symbol, type, role, reference, case, piece, eccentric, fictitious character, theatrical role, portion, fibre, function, grapheme, section, quality, constituent, fictional character, share, division, part, purpose, fiber, contribution, component, use, region, image, persona, component part, percentage, parting, character reference, office, lineament, voice

5. character, eccentric, type, casenoun

   a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

   "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

   Synonyms:
   display case, role, type, font, instance, pillow slip, case, eccentric, fictitious character, theatrical role, guinea pig, fount, flake, eccentric person, quality, casing, fictional character, reference, event, part, subject, grapheme, example, vitrine, cause, shell, causa, fiber, slip, compositor's case, geek, caseful, grammatical case, oddball, persona, face, showcase, typesetter's case, fibre, graphic symbol, character reference, sheath, typeface, lineament, lawsuit, pillowcase, suit

6. characternoun

   good repute

   "he is a man of character"

   Synonyms:
   fibre, type, character reference, graphic symbol, reference, fiber, grapheme, fictional character, fictitious character, role, case, part, lineament, theatrical role, eccentric, quality, persona

7. character, reference, character referencenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   reference point, type, role, reference, cite, case, eccentric, fictitious character, theatrical role, fibre, reference work, address, acknowledgment, quality, point of reference, fictional character, reference book, quotation, part, computer address, grapheme, denotation, consultation, source, fiber, book of facts, persona, extension, mention, citation, graphic symbol, character reference, credit, lineament

8. character, grapheme, graphic symbolnoun

   a written symbol that is used to represent speech

   "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

   Synonyms:
   fibre, type, character reference, graphic symbol, reference, fiber, grapheme, fictional character, fictitious character, role, case, part, lineament, theatrical role, eccentric, quality, persona

9. characterverb

   (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

   Synonyms:
   fibre, type, character reference, graphic symbol, reference, fiber, grapheme, fictional character, fictitious character, role, case, part, lineament, theatrical role, eccentric, quality, persona

10. characterverb

    engrave or inscribe characters on

Matched Categories

1. • Adult
   • Engrave
   • Imaginary Being
   • Portrayal
   • Repute
   • Trait

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1. characternoun

   Synonyms:
   mark, figure, sign, emblem, letter

2. characternoun

   Synonyms:
   constitution, quality, nature, disposition, cast, turn, bent

3. characternoun

   Synonyms:
   person, personage, individual

4. characternoun

   Synonyms:
   reputation, repute

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1. characternoun

   Synonyms:
   personality, nature, individuality

   Associated words:
   ethology, ethologist

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1. List of paraphrases for "character":

   nature, characters, trait, personality, characteristics, traits, temper, carácter, personage, characteristic, char, status, typeface, reputation

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1. John Wooden:

   Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

2. Elias Boudinot:

   Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.

3. Kurt Volker:

   He has a strong sense of values and character, his book 'Character is Destiny' is all about how character determines a person and determines events. He continues to want to fight for what needs to be done. He is unrelenting.

4. John Ballantine Gough:

   A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity

5. Spike Lee:

   The character in my film' Da 5 Bloods,' Stormin' Norman, the way his brothers view him as like almost mythical. As Clarke Peters ' character says,' Clarke Peters ' character's Clarke Peters ' character.' They revered Clarke Peters ' character, and so Spike Lee just can't cast anybody for that, because the way these guys are describing Clarke Peters ' character, Clarke Peters ' character's mythic. So mythic Spike Lee're talking about an actor who played Jackie Robinson ; the Godfather, Soul Brother No. 1, James Brown ; Thurgood Marshall ; then Soul Brother No. 1.