- the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- one such feature or trait; characteristic.
- moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character.
- qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: It takes character to face up to a bully.
- reputation: a stain on one's character.
- good repute.
- an account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person or thing.
- a person, especially with reference to behavior or personality: a suspicious character.
- an odd, eccentric, or unusual person.
- a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
- a part or role, as in a play or film.
- a symbol as used in a writing system, as a letter of the alphabet.
- the symbols of a writing system collectively.
- a significant visual mark or symbol.
- status or capacity: the character of a justice of the peace.
- a written statement from an employer concerning the qualities of a former employee.
- (especially in 17th- and 18th-century England) a formal character sketch or descriptive analysis of a particular human virtue or vice as represented in a person or type.
- any trait, function, structure, or substance of an organism resulting from the effect of one or more genes as modified by the environment.
- Computers.
- any symbol, as a number, letter, punctuation mark, etc., that represents data and that, when encoded, is usable by a machine.
- one of a set of basic symbols that singly or in a series of two or more represents data and, when encoded, is usable in a computer.
- a style of writing or printing.
- the ineffaceable imprint received on the soul through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and ordination.
- (formerly) a cipher or cipher message.
- Theater.
- (of a part or role) representing a personality type, especially by emphasizing distinctive traits, as language, mannerisms, physical makeup, etc.
- (of an actor or actress) acting or specializing in such roles.
- to portray; describe.
- to engrave; inscribe.
- in character,
- in harmony with one's personal character or disposition: Such behavior is not in character for him.
- in accordance with the role or personality assumed in a performance: an actor in character.
- out of character,
- out of harmony with one's personal character or disposition: Her remarks were out of character.
- away from the role or personality assumed in a performance: The actor stepped out of character.
- the combination of traits and qualities distinguishing the individual nature of a person or thing
- one such distinguishing quality; characteristic
- moral force; integrity
- reputation, esp a good reputation
- (as modifier)
- a summary or account of a person's qualities and achievements; testimonial
- capacity, position, or status
- a person represented in a play, film, story, etc; role
- an outstanding person
- an odd, eccentric, or unusual person
- an informal word for person a shady character
- a symbol used in a writing system, such as a letter of the alphabet
- any single letter, numeral, punctuation mark, or symbol cast as a type
- any letter, numeral, etc, which is a unit of information and can be represented uniquely by a binary pattern
- a style of writing or printing
- any structure, function, attribute, etc, in an organism, which may or may not be determined by a gene or group of genes
- a short prose sketch of a distinctive type of person, usually representing a vice or virtue
- typical of the apparent character of a person or thing
- not typical of the apparent character of a person or thing
- to write, print, inscribe, or engrave
- to portray or represent
