An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story):
— She is the main character in the novel.

synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character.

Roget 820: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis^†, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness^†, propension^†, propendency^†; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy etc. (love) 897.    soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood; heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis [Lat.]; secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart; inmost heart, inmost soul; backbone.    passion, pervading spirit; ruling passion, master passion; furore^†; fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul.    energy, fervor, fire, force.    ... show more

Roget 83: nonconformity etc. 82; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity^†, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness etc. adj.^†; exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism^†, eccentricity, bizarrerie^†, oddity, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter [U.S.].    individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.    aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo etc. (qualification) 469.    nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch^†, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae [Lat.], rara avis [Lat.], queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis [Lat.], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid [Lat.], hermaphrodite.    [Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary^†; kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk^†; unicorn; Cyclops, men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" [Othello]; teratology.    [unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis.    ... show more

Roget 7: state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect etc. (appearance) 448, dilemma, pass, predicament.    constitution, habitude, diathesis^†; frame, fabric etc. 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.    mode, modality, schesis^†; form etc. (shape) 240.    tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.    ... show more

A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something:
— The radical character of our demands.

synonyms: lineament, quality.

Roget 5: intrinsicality^†, inbeing^†, inherence, inhesion^†; subjectiveness; ego; egohood^†; essence, noumenon; essentialness^† etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul; important part etc. (importance) 642.    principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis^†, diathesis^†.    habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition.    endowment, capacity; capability etc. (power) 157.    moods, declensions, features, aspects; peculiarities etc. (speciality) 79; idiosyncrasy, oddity; idiocrasy etc. (tendency) 176; diagnostics.    ... show more

Dutch: karakter, kwaliteit
Polish: jakość

The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions:
— Education has for its object the formation of character.

synonyms: fiber, fibre.

Dutch: personage, persoonlijkheid, aard, karakter
Polish: serce, temperament, usposobienie, charakter, duch, natura

An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.

synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role.

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus^†, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis.    play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta^†, lever de rideau [Fr.], interlude, afterpiece^†, exode^†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta^†, harlequinade^†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama, melodrame^†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy^†; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.    [movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.    act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto.    performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery^†, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture etc. 550; impersonation etc. 554; stage business, gag, buffoonery.    light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy.    theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini^†; marionettes, Punch and Judy.    auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.].    flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium.    stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra.    theatrical costume, theatrical properties.    movie studio, back lot, on location.    part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire.    actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer^†; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter [Slang]; masker^†.    pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo^†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello^†; pulcinello^†, pulcinella^†; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante^†, general utility; super, supernumerary.    company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso^†, heavy father, ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.].    mummer, guiser^†, guisard^†, gysart^†, masque.    mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse [Fr.].    property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager; director, stage manager, acting manager.    producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel [Fig.].    dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright; dramatist, mimographer^†.    ... show more

Dutch: rol
Polish: kreacja, rola

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities):
— A real character.
— A strange character.

synonyms: case, eccentric, type.

Roget 75: class, division, category, categorema^†, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.    kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin.    manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification.    similarity etc. 17.    ... show more

Roget 561: letter; character; hieroglyphic etc. (writing) 590; type etc. (printing) 591; capitals; digraph, trigraph; ideogram, ideograph; majuscule, minuscule; majuscule, minuscule; alphabet, ABC^†, abecedary^†, christcross-row.    consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong [Gramm.]; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural.    syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable^†, polysyllable; affix, suffix.    spelling, orthograph^†; phonography^†, phonetic spelling; anagrammatism^†, metagrammatism^†.    cipher, monogram, anagram; doubleacrostic^†.    ... show more

Dutch: buitenbeentje, geitebreier, geitenbreier, knakker, koekebakker, koekenbakker, krotenkoker, portret, snuiter, type, weirdo, zonderling ... show more
Polish: figura, osobnik, typ, typek

Good repute.

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.

synonyms: character reference, reference.

Polish: referencje

A written symbol that is used to represent speech:
— The Greek alphabet has 24 characters.

synonyms: graph, grapheme, graphic symbol.

Dutch: letter, teken, karakter, grafeem
Polish: grafem

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

Engrave or inscribe characters on.