| noun | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) “she is the main character in the novel” |
| noun | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something “each town has a quality all its own” |
| noun | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; - Herbert Spencer “education has for its object the formation of character” |
| noun | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play “she played the part of Desdemona” |
| noun | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) “a real character” |
| noun | good repute “he is a man of character” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | a written symbol that is used to represent speech “the Greek alphabet has 24 characters” |
| noun | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
| verb | engrave or inscribe characters on |
| qualify | verb | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of |
| characteristic | adjective | typical or distinctive |
| characterize | verb | be characteristic of |
| characterise | verb | be characteristic of |
| impersonate | verb | assume or act the character of |
| personify | verb | represent, as of a character on stage |
| typic | adjective | being or serving as an illustration of a type |
| type | verb | identify as belonging to a certain type |
| typify | verb | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of |
| character | verb | engrave or inscribe characters on |
| character | noun | a written symbol that is used to represent speech |