Individual

Quick meaning: Individual is a noun meaning A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

Meaning

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

More Meanings

1. (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
2. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
3. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
4. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
5. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
6. Not divisible without losing its identity.

Example Sentences

He is an unusual individual.

Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding

As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.

“You have to be an individual,” said Ms. Smoke, a 40-year-old saleswoman, as she sipped her beverage. “You can’t just get black coffee.”

Word Forms

• individuals
• individuall

Synonyms for individual

Depending on context, synonyms include single, individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding, personal.

Antonyms for individual

Common opposites include collective, group, joint, shared, common.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include single, independent, someone, separate, private, singular.

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