1. individual(n = noun.tops) mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
is a kind of being, organism, causal agency, causal agent, cause
has parts: personality, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
is a member of people
has particulars: self, adult, grownup, adventurer, venturer, anomaly, unusual person, applicant, applier, appointee, appointment, capitalist, captor, capturer, changer, modifier, color-blind person, common man, common person, commoner, communicator, contestant, coward, creator, controversialist, disputant, eristic, applied scientist, engineer, technologist, entertainer, experimenter, expert, face, female, female person, individualist, denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, native, inexperienced person, innocent, intellect, intellectual, juvenile, juvenile person, lover, loved one, leader, male, male person, money dealer, money handler, national, subject, nonreligious person, nonworker, compeer, equal, match, peer, beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient, percher, forerunner, precursor, primitive, primitive person, religious person, sensualist, traveler, traveller, unfortunate, unfortunate person, persona non grata, unwelcome person, unskilled person, worker, african, person of color, person of colour, black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid, caucasian, white, white person, amerindian, native american, slav, gentile, hebrew, israelite, jew, aries, ram, bull, taurus, gemini, twin, cancer, crab, leo, lion, virgin, virgo, balance, libra, scorpio, scorpion, archer, sagittarius, capricorn, goat, aquarius, water bearer, fish, pisces, abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker, achiever, succeeder, success, winner, acquaintance, friend, acquirer, active, actor, doer, worker, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, advisee, advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent, affiant, agnostic, doubter, amateur, ancient, anti, anti-american, apprehender, appreciator, archaist, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, boomer, baby buster, buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, balker, baulker, noncompliant, bullfighter, toreador, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, bereaved person, best, topper, birth, biter, blogger, blond, blonde, bluecoat, bodybuilder, muscle-builder, muscle builder, musclebuilder, muscleman, bomber, brunet, brunette, buster, candidate, prospect, case, cashier, celebrant, celebrater, celebrator, censor, chameleon, beguiler, charmer, baby, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, aggregator, collector, battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, convert, ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator, counter, counterterrorist, crawler, creeper, creature, wight, creditor, cripple, dancer, social dancer, dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed, deaf person, debaser, degrader, debitor, debtor, defecator, shitter, voider, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, discriminator, disentangler, unraveler, unraveller, contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, divider, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, double, image, look-alike, dresser, dribbler, driveller, drooler, slobberer, drug user, substance abuser, user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, effector, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, enjoyer, enrollee, ethnic, adventurer, explorer, extravert, extrovert, faddist, faller, fastener, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, free spirit, freewheeler, friend, fleer, fugitive, runaway, gainer, gainer, weight gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, saluter, welcomer, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight person, gay, homo, homophile, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, insured, insured person, interpreter, introvert, jat, gem, jewel, jumper, junior, killer, slayer, relation, relative, kink, kneeler, knocker, apprehender, knower, large person, latin, laugher, assimilator, learner, scholar, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, life, lightning rod, linguist, polyglot, literate, literate person, liver, longer, thirster, yearner, loose cannon, machine, mailer, malcontent, man, manipulator, man jack, married, masturbator, onanist, measurer, nonmember, mesomorph, ladino, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, miracle worker, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, maimer, mangler, mutilator, namer, namesake, neglecter, neighbor, neighbour, neutral, nondescript, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonperson, unperson, nonresident, nonsmoker, nude, nude person, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ejector, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, possessor, coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler, pansexual, excuser, forgiver, pardoner, partner, party, passer, personage, personification, perspirer, sweater, philosopher, chooser, picker, selector, pisser, urinator, contriver, deviser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, preserver, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, carrottop, red-header, redhead, redheader, registrant, allayer, comforter, reliever, repeater, recoverer, rescuer, saver, rester, controller, restrainer, revenant, have, rich person, wealthy person, right-hander, right hander, righthander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, swayer, rusher, scientist, scratcher, mediocrity, second-rater, cloud seeder, seeder, quester, searcher, seeker, segregate, romanticist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, mover and shaker, shaker, showman, signatory, signer, simple, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slider, slipper, slave, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, sniveler, snuffer, snuffler, socialiser, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, expectorator, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squint-eye, squinter, smotherer, stifler, stigmatic, stigmatist, stooper, stranger, struggler, case, guinea pig, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, yielder, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tagger, tapper, tempter, termer, scourge, terror, threat, testate, testator, scrag, skin and bones, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transferee, transexual, transsexual, cross-dresser, transvestite, attempter, essayer, trier, turner, tyrant, opener, undoer, unfastener, untier, user, vanisher, dupe, victim, victorian, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, needer, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, doormat, weakling, wuss, weasel, squirmer, wiggler, wriggler, winker, withholder, witness, worldling, yawner
Derived form verb individualize2
2. individual(n = noun.person) - a single organism;
is a kind of being, organism
has particulars: head
Derived form verb individualize1
1. individual(a = adj.all) single - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
Antonym: common
Derived form noun individuality1
2. individual(s = adj.all) case-by-case, item-by-item - separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"
3. individual(s = adj.all) single - characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
4. individual(s = adj.all) private - concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"
1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. [1913 Webster]
"Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance." [1913 Webster]
"United as one individual soul." [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities. [1913 Webster]
1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. [1913 Webster]
"An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual." [1913 Webster]
"That individuals die, his will ordains." [1913 Webster]
2. An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. [1913 Webster]
individual, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 single.
2 particular, special; not general.
3 having a distinct character.
4 characteristic of a particular person.
5 designed for use by one person.
--n.
1 a single member of a class.
2 a single human being as distinct from a family or group.
3 colloq. a person (a most unpleasant individual).
Etymology:
ME, = indivisible, f. med.L individualis (as IN-(1), dividuus f. dividere DIVIDE)
N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.
N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.
N unity, oneness, individuality, solitude, isolation, unification, one, unit, ace, individual, none else, no other, one, sole, single, solitary, unitary, individual, apart, alone, kithless, unaccompanied, unattended, solus, single-handed, singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last, isolated, insular, monospermous, unific, uniflorous, unifoliate, unigenital, uniliteral, unijocular, unimodal, unimodular, lone, lonely, lonesome, desolate, dreary, insecable, inseverable, indiscerptible, compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable, singly, alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract, one by one, one at a time, simply, one and a half, sesqui-, natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa, du fort au faible, two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one, unity, oneness, individuality, solitude, isolation, unification, one, unit, ace, individual, none else, no other, one, sole, single, solitary, unitary, individual, apart, alone, kithless, unaccompanied, unattended, solus, single-handed, singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last, isolated, insular, monospermous, unific, uniflorous, unifoliate, unigenital, uniliteral, unijocular, unimodal, unimodular, lone, lonely, lonesome, desolate, dreary, insecable, inseverable, indiscerptible, compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable, singly, alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract, one by one, one at a time, simply, one and a half, sesqui-, natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa, du fort au faible, two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?, man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.
N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.