person
noun
1 person
A human being:
— There was too much for one person to do.
synonyms: individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
Roget 3: substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter etc. 316; corporeity†, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. [Totality of existences], world etc. 318; plenum. ... show more
Roget 372: man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind, human nature; humanity, mortality, flesh, generation. [Science of man] 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 [Lat.]; quidam [Lat.]. people, persons, folk, public, society, world; community, community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm; commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million etc. (commonalty) 876; population etc. (inhabitant) 188. tribe, clan (paternity) 166; family (consanguinity) 11. cosmopolite; lords of the creation; ourselves. ... show more
is a specific kind of: being, organism | causal agency, causal agent, cause.
is a broader term that covers: self | adult, grownup | adventurer, venturer | anomaly, unusual person | anachronism | 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 | gipsy, gypsy | 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 | African-American, Black, 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 | albino | amateur | ancient | anti | anti-American | apprehender | appreciator | archaist | arrogator | assessee | asthmatic | authority | autodidact | automaton, zombi, zombie | baby boomer, boomer | baby buster, buster | bad guy | bad person | baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skin, skinhead | 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, dyslexic | eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball | 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 | kook, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck | 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 | mestizo | middlebrow | miracle man, miracle worker | misfit | 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 | rara avis, rare bird | 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 | transexual, transgendered, transsexual | cross-dresser, transvestite | attempter, essayer, trier | turner | tyrant | ugly duckling | 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 ... show more.
has as a part: personality | anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma.
is a member of: people.
derivation: personhood | individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize | personate, personify | mortal.
Dutch: deze of gene, figuur, iemand, individu, man, mens, persoon
Polish: persona, jednostka, człowiek, osoba, istota rozumna, istota ludzka
2 person
A human body (usually including the clothing).
3 person
A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party.
is a specific kind of: grammatical category, syntactic category.
is a broader term that covers: first person | second person | third person.
Dutch: persoon, werkwoordsvorm
Polish: osoba
Moby thesaurus: Adamite, actor, actually, an existence, anatomy, antagonist, antihero, article, being, bit, bit part, bodily, body, body-build, bones, build, carcass, cast, cat, chap, character, child, clay, clod, cookie, coot, corpus, creature, critter, cue, customer, duck, earthling, entelechy, entity, fat part, feeder, fellow, figure, first person, flesh, form, fourth person, frame, galoot, groundling, guy, hand, head, heavy, hero, heroine, homo, hulk, human, human being, in person, in the flesh, individual, ingenue, integer, item, joker, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, life, lines, living soul, man, material body, module, monad, mortal, nose, object, obviative, one, organism, part, party, persona, personage, personality, personally, physical body, physique, piece, point, protagonist, proximate, role, second person, shape, side, single, singleton, soma, somebody, someone, something, soubrette, soul, specimen, stick, straight part, supporting character, supporting role, tellurian, terran, themselves, thing, third person, title role, torso, trunk, unit, villain, walk-on, walking part, woman, worldling ... show more.
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