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Synonyms for individual
ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əlin·di·vid·u·al

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Wiktionary2.0 / 2 votes

  1. individualadjective

    Synonyms:
    single, personal, selfstanding

    Antonyms:
    collective, joint, shared, group

  2. individualadjective

    Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

    He is an unusual individual.

    Synonyms:
    personal, single, selfstanding

    Antonyms:
    shared, joint, collective, group

  3. individualadjective

    Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

    individual personal pension; individual cream cakes

    Synonyms:
    single, selfstanding, personal

    Antonyms:
    collective, group, shared, joint

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. individual

    Synonyms:
    personal, specific, peculiar, indivisible, identical, singular, idiosyncratic, special, single, separate, particular

    Antonyms:
    general, common, collective, plural

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulnoun

    a human being

    "there was too much for one person to do"

    Synonyms:
    somebody, person, someone, psyche, mortal, soulfulness, soul

    Antonyms:
    common, dependent, public, impersonal, communal, shared

  2. individualadjective

    a single organism

    Synonyms:
    soul, mortal, somebody, person, someone

    Antonyms:
    dependent, impersonal, communal, common, shared, public

  3. individual, singleadjective

    being or characteristic of a single thing or person

    "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

    Synonyms:
    individual(a), unmarried, private, item-by-item, single, exclusive, case-by-case, single(a), undivided

    Antonyms:
    dependent, shared, impersonal, common, public, communal

  4. individual, case-by-case, item-by-itemadjective

    separate and distinct from others of the same kind

    "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

    Synonyms:
    private, item-by-item, individual(a), single(a), single, case-by-case

    Antonyms:
    common, public, shared, dependent, impersonal, communal

  5. individual, single(a)adjective

    characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

    "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

    Antonyms:
    shared, communal, dependent, common, impersonal, public

  6. individual(a), privateadjective

    concerning one person exclusively

    "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

    Antonyms:
    dependent, shared, communal, common, public, impersonal

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. individualadjective

    Synonyms:
    particular, special, separate, single, one

  2. individualnoun

    Synonyms:
    person, personage, character, being, somebody, some one

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How to use individual in a sentence?

  1. Nick Bloom:

    It is clear for individual tasks or for one-on-one meetings that are structured, working from home is probably better, what doesn't work well is unstructured social time.

  2. Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.:

    Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant.

  3. Bill Nelson:

    Remember that the repeal of the individual mandate doesn't kick in until January 1, 2019.

  4. Greg Waldron:

    One individual with a life jacket doesn’t tell much, it could be a person who thought that the plane was going down and put the life jacket on. I really don’t know what to make of it.

  5. John D. Rockefeller:

    I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


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