individual
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Example
“He is an unusual individual.”
Other meanings
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
Synonyms
- person
- someone
- somebody
- soul
Related words
- bioindividual
- extraindividual
- individualistic
- individualization
- induhvidual
- intraindividual
- nonindividual
- subindividual
- superindividual
- supraindividual
- transindividual
- unindividual
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "indīviduum" (an indivisible thing).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “individual” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.