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character

/ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/noun, verb3 syllables

Character means: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play.

Synonyms for character18

noun, as in an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

role, theatrical role, part, persona

noun, as in a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

eccentric, type, case

noun, as in a written symbol that is used to represent speech

graph, grapheme, graphic symbol

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

fictional character, fictitious character

noun, as in a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

quality, lineament

noun, as in the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

fiber, fibre

noun, as in a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

reference, character reference

What does character mean?10

noun

1

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play“she played the part of Desdemona”

2

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)“a real character”

3

a written symbol that is used to represent speech“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”

4

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)“she is the main character in the novel”

5

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something“each town has a quality all its own”

6

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions“education has for its object the formation of character”

7

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”

8

good repute“he is a man of character”

9

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

verb

1

engrave or inscribe characters on

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Character in a sentence

  • It's not his ability, but his character that is at issue.CK
  • It is not her ability, but her character that is at issue.Dejo
  • It's too bad, but your character gets killed at the start of the play.Scott
  • Lucy's cute, but she's got an atrocious character.FeuDRenais2
  • He is a man of strong, stable and trustworthy character.eastasiastudent
  • If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.fenfang557
  • Erkin's definitely a good guy, but just has a somewhat weak character.FeuDRenais2
  • The fundamental character traits of this woman were pride, decisiveness, and courage.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of character

as a noun

plural
characters

as a verb

third-person singular
characters
present participle
charactering
past participle
charactered
past tense
charactered