Character
nnoun.personan imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)Synset:fictional character fictitious character
Examples:- she is the main character in the novel
Hypernyms:imaginary being imaginary creature
Inherited Hypernyms:fictional characterimaginary beingimaginationcreativityabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:agonistprotagonist
Instance Hyponyms:Aladdin Ali Baba Argonaut Arthur King Arthur Babar Beatrice Beowulf Bluebeard Bond James Bond Brer Rabbit Bunyan Paul Bunyan Cheshire cat Chicken Little Cinderella Colonel Blimp Don Quixote Dracula El Cid Emile Fagin Falstaff Sir John Falstaff Father Brown Faust Faustus Frankenstein Frankenstein's monster Frankenstein Galahad Sir Galahad Gawain Sir Gawain Goofy Guenevere Guinevere Gulliver Hamlet Captain Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower Houyhnhnm Huck Finn Huckleberry Finn Iago Commissaire Maigret Inspector Maigret Iseult Isolde John Henry Kilroy Lancelot Sir Lancelot King Lear Lear Lilliputian Little John Little Red Riding Hood Marlowe Philip Marlowe Merlin Micawber Wilkins Micawber Mother Goose Mr. Moto Othello Pangloss Pantaloon Perry Mason Peter Pan Pied Piper Pied Piper of Hamelin Pierrot Pluto Raskolnikov Rodya Raskolnikov Rip van Winkle Robin Hood Robinson Crusoe Rumpelstiltskin Ruritanian Scaramouch Scaramouche Holmes Sherlock Holmes Shylock Simon Legree Sinbad Sinbad the Sailor Snoopy Svengali Tarzan Tarzan of the Apes Sweeney Todd Todd Tom Sawyer Trilby Tristan Tristram Uncle Remus Uncle Sam Uncle Tom Walter Mitty Yahoo
Full Hyponyms:antiheroprotagonist
nnoun.cognitiona characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of somethingSynset:lineament quality
Examples:- each town has a quality all its own
- the radical character of our demands
Derivationally Related Form:characterisequalifycharacteristiccharacterize
Hypernyms:attribute dimension property
Inherited Hypernyms:qualitypropertyconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:texture
nnoun.attributethe inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactionsSynset:fiber fibre
Examples:- education has for its object the formation of character - Herbert Spencer
Part Holonyms:personality
Hypernyms:trait
Inherited Hypernyms:charactertraitattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:spirit
Part Meronyms:integrity responsibility responsibleness thoughtfulness
Full Hyponyms:adventurousnessaudacitybackboneboldnesscoolnesscouragecowardicecravennessdaredevilrydastardlinessdauntlessnessdutch couragefaintheartednessfearfulnessfearlessnessfortitudegutlessnessgutsinessheartheroismpoltroonerypusillanimityshamelessnessspiritstoutheartednesstimidity
nnoun.cognitionan actor's portrayal of someone in a playSynset:part persona role theatrical role
Examples:- she played the part of Desdemona
Derivationally Related Form:impersonatepersonify
Hypernyms:characterization enactment personation portrayal
Inherited Hypernyms:characterportrayalactingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:characterportrayalactingperforming artshumanistic disciplinedisciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:baddiebit partheavyheroheroineingenueminor rolename parttitle rolevillain
Full Hyponyms:bit partheavyheroheroineingenuesoubrettetitle rolevillain
nnoun.persona person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)Synset:case eccentric type
Examples:- a real character
- a strange character
- a friendly eccentric
- the capable type
- a mental case
Derivationally Related Form:typetypifytypic
Hypernyms:adult grownup
Inherited Hypernyms:characteradultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:characteradultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.stategood reputeHypernyms:reputation repute
Inherited Hypernyms:characterreputehonorstandingstatusstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependabilitySynset:character reference reference
Examples:- requests for character references are all too often answered evasively
Derivationally Related Form:characterise
Hypernyms:good word recommendation testimonial
Inherited Hypernyms:characterrecommendationpraiseapprovalmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa written symbol that is used to represent speechSynset:graph grapheme graphic symbol
Examples:- the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Derivationally Related Form:character
Hypernyms:printed symbol written symbol
Inherited Hypernyms:characterwritten symbolsymbolsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ASCII characterallographalphabetic characterasteriskblankcapitalcapital lettercheck characterdaggerdiesisdouble daggerdouble obeliskideogramideographinferiorletterletter of the alphabetligaturelower-case letterlowercasemajusculemathematical symbolminusculeobeliskpercent signpercentage signphonetic symbolpictographradicalrunerunic lettersmall letterspacestarstenographsubscriptsuperiorsuperscripttypeupper-case letteruppercase
Full Hyponyms:aalephallographalphaarabic alphabetascenderascii characterasteriskayinbbackspace characterbetabethbicameral scriptblock letterboldfaceccapitalcheck characterchiconsonantcontrol charactercyrillic alphabetddaggerdalethdeltadescenderdigraphdouble daggereepsilonetaffontfont cartridgeggammagimelgothichhehebrew alphabethethiideograminitialiotaitalicjkkaphkappallambdalamedhletterligaturelogogrammmathematical symbolmemmodernmunnununoold styleomegaomicronppepercent signphiphonetic symbolpipictographpolyphoneproportional fontpsiqqophrradicalreshrhoromanroman alphabetrunessadhesamekhsans serifscreen fontshinsigmasinsmall capitalsmall letterspacestenographsubscriptsuperscriptttautawteththetathorntypetype familytypewriter fontuunicameral scriptupsilonvvowelvowel pointwwawxxiyyodhzzayinzeta
nnoun.attribute(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genesTopic:genetic sciencegenetics
Hypernyms:attribute
Inherited Hypernyms:characterattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:unit character
Full Hyponyms:unit character
vverb.contactengrave or inscribe characters onDerivationally Related Form:character
Hypernyms:engrave grave inscribe scratch
Inherited Hypernyms:characterscratchcarvecutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something