character

Noun

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

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

• 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
    

• good repute
  • he is a man of character
    

• 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
    

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

• 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
    

• 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
    

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

Verb

• engrave or inscribe characters on

Related words

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