1. character - noun
· an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Synonym(s): fictional_character, fictitious_character
Hypernym(s): imaginary_being, imaginary_creature
2. character - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): quality, lineament
Hypernym(s): property, attribute, dimension
3. character - 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"- Herbert Spencer
Hypernym(s): trait
4. character - noun
· an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
Synonym(s): role, theatrical_role, part, persona
Hypernym(s): portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
5. character - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): eccentric, type, case
6. character - noun
· good repute; "he is a man of character"
Hypernym(s): repute, reputation
7. character - 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"
Synonym(s): reference, character_reference
Hypernym(s): recommendation, testimonial, good_word
8. character - noun
· a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Synonym(s): graph, grapheme, graphic_symbol
Hypernym(s): written_symbol, printed_symbol
9. character - noun
· (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
Hypernym(s): attribute
10. character - verb
· engrave or inscribe characters on
Hypernym(s): scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
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