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  • individual
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  • woman
  • being
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Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming will begin in-person absentee voting Friday, and New Jersey and Vermont will begin the same Saturday, according to The Washington Post’s tracker of state voting polices.

TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST

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WORDS RELATED TO PERSON

  • gentleperson
  • grownup
  • man
  • person
  • woman
  • gentlepersons
  • grownups
  • men
  • persons
  • women
  • animal
  • beast
  • body
  • conscious thing
  • creature
  • entity
  • human
  • human being
  • individual
  • living thing
  • mortal
  • organism
  • person
  • personage
  • soul
  • thing
  • being
  • human
  • individual
  • mortal
  • party
  • person
  • personage
  • soul
  • animal
  • body
  • brute
  • creation
  • critter
  • fellow
  • individual
  • living being
  • living thing
  • lower animal
  • man
  • mortal
  • party
  • person
  • personage
  • quadruped
  • soul
  • varmint
  • woman
  • animals
  • bodies
  • brutes
  • creations
  • critters
  • fellows
  • individuals
  • living beings
  • living things
  • lower animals
  • men
  • mortals
  • parties
  • personages
  • persons
  • quadrupeds
  • souls
  • varmints
  • women

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Definition of personnext

as in man

a member of the human race

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361 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pˈɜːsən], [ pˈɜːsən], [ p_ˈɜː_s_ə_n]

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    • n.

      • anatomy,
      • physical,
      • figure,
      • success.

      • people,
      • physique,
      • your fellow man/men,
      • the many,
      • society,
      • frame.

      • beings.

      adult (noun)

      • grownup,
      • woman.

      being (noun)

      • conscious things.

      body (noun)

      • person.

      creature (noun)

      • lower animals.

      form (noun)

      • Torsos,
      • Torsi,
      • torso.

      human (noun)

      • human.

      human being (noun)

      • identity,
      • character,
      • unit,
      • higher animal,
      • living person,
      • individuality,
      • spirit,
      • somebody,
      • customer,
      • gal,
      • specimen,
      • mortal,
      • earthling,
      • personality,
      • joker.

      individual (noun)

      • in dividual,
      • in-dividual.

      life (noun)

      • symbiosis,
      • animateness,
      • wildlife,
      • mortal being,
      • substantiality,
      • viability,
      • vital spark,
      • substantialities,
      • Symbioses,
      • metabolisms,
      • metabolism,
      • flesh and blood.

      living thing (noun)

      • organism.

      mortal (noun)

      • naked apes.

      organism (noun)

      • Morphon,
      • organisms.

      Other relevant words: (noun)

      • life,
      • corporeality,
      • Males,
      • substance,
      • someone,
      • soul,
      • party,
      • adult,
      • living souls,
      • Corporealities,
      • singleton,
      • form,
      • living things,
      • being,
      • critters,
      • thing,
      • critter,
      • fellers,
      • guy,
      • umbras,
      • living thing,
      • varmints,
      • living soul,
      • living being,
      • individual,
      • quadrupeds,
      • self,
      • singletons,
      • Umbrae,
      • quadruped,
      • in formation,
      • feller,
      • lower animal,
      • varmint,
      • umbra,
      • creature,
      • human being,
      • living beings,
      • naked ape,
      • conscious thing.

      personally (noun)

      • present,
      • there,
      • near.

      self (noun)

      • personals,
      • individualization,
      • proprium,
      • identicals,
      • self-hood.

      substance (noun)

      • concreteness,
      • staples.

      thing (noun)

      • in-formation,
      • in-formations,
      • in formations.
    • v.

      Other relevant words: (verb)

      • labourer,
      • supporter.
    • Other synonyms:

      • body image,
      • bodily,
      • personage,
      • body clock,
      • somatic,
      • humankind,
      • fellow,
      • corporal.

      • many,
      • physically,
      • biological clock.

      • statistic,
      • bird,
      • living,
      • public,
      • man,
      • internal,
      • humanity,
      • folk.

      • body.

      syntax

      • grammar.

      Other relevant words (noun):

      • entity,
      • carcass,
      • gamely,
      • kid,
      • leading lady,
      • egg,
      • arise,
      • substantialness,
      • Yourselves,
      • Participator,
      • heavy,
      • celebrator,
      • recalcitrant,
      • stuff,
      • intractable,
      • something,
      • captor,
      • side,
      • gang,
      • psyche,
      • celebrant,
      • client,
      • persona,
      • cue,
      • child,
      • vital part,
      • lad,
      • flesh,
      • impersonate,
      • closely related,
      • boomer,
      • chap,
      • bod,
      • Anybody,
      • Himself,
      • convenient,
      • defiant,
      • shape,
      • insubordinate,
      • hand,
      • second person,
      • coot,
      • sort,
      • essential nature,
      • detachment,
      • gallantly,
      • hypostasis,
      • geezer,
      • clod,
      • identify,
      • embody,
      • soma,
      • soubrette,
      • directly,
      • incarnate,
      • title role,
      • beggar,
      • monad,
      • in the flesh,
      • men,
      • secretly,
      • indisputable,
      • forcefully,
      • bloke,
      • third person,
      • obviative,
      • rebellious,
      • Themselves,
      • protagonist,
      • near to,
      • life companion,
      • such a one,
      • Corporeity,
      • attain,
      • lead role,
      • imitate,
      • come,
      • cookie,
      • cat,
      • cast,
      • piece,
      • integer,
      • appear,
      • confidentially,
      • Johnny,
      • clay,
      • distinguish,
      • Oneself,
      • incontestable,
      • object,
      • Everyone,
      • intimately,
      • signer,
      • gentleman,
      • grammatical person,
      • typify,
      • hulk,
      • physical body,
      • pluckily,
      • servile,
      • bedfellow,
      • actor,
      • wight,
      • bit,
      • tellurian,
      • personify,
      • boy,
      • obsequious,
      • scout,
      • supporting role,
      • galoot,
      • straight part,
      • face,
      • soulfulness,
      • Everybody,
      • open end,
      • body-build,
      • walk-on,
      • antihero,
      • GINK,
      • hater,
      • place,
      • nose,
      • groundwork,
      • build,
      • mightily,
      • leading man,
      • manfully,
      • hands down,
      • courageously,
      • survivor,
      • no one,
      • valiantly,
      • module,
      • devil,
      • dissenter,
      • groundling,
      • antagonist,
      • Yourself,
      • material body,
      • set,
      • buyer,
      • represent,
      • lead,
      • one of us,
      • bones,
      • discover,
      • substratum,
      • HIT,
      • heroine,
      • handy,
      • personally,
      • role,
      • put,
      • point,
      • article,
      • fractious,
      • buster,
      • arrive,
      • become,
      • bravely,
      • litigant,
      • dramatis personae,
      • feeder,
      • plaintiff,
      • youth,
      • villain,
      • privately,
      • first person,
      • potently,
      • obstinate,
      • cove,
      • Quidam,
      • signatory,
      • punter,
      • refractory,
      • Anyone,
      • specially,
      • Doughtily,
      • stick,
      • Herself,
      • co-signatory,
      • Entelechy,
      • single,
      • position,
      • part,
      • matter,
      • LINEs,
      • Ourselves,
      • lot,
      • disobedient,
      • seat of authority,
      • proximate,
      • supporting character,
      • actually,
      • appropriate,
      • lay,
      • item,
      • leading woman,
      • Myself,
      • hands-off,
      • element,
      • comfortable,
      • defendant,
      • interest,
      • duck,
      • participant,
      • walking part,
      • fat part,
      • one,
      • partial,
      • incontrovertible,
      • corpus,
      • intrepidly,
      • Worldling,
      • Terran,
      • head,
      • co-signer,
      • individually,
      • homo,
      • slob,
      • materiality,
      • LOT SIZE,
      • trunk,
      • detect,
      • abject,
      • existence,
      • pose,
      • biter,
      • hero,
      • bit part,
      • rouge.

    How to use «Person» in context?

    Using the noun «person«, we can talk about individuals, objects, and concepts. Person is a versatile word that can be used for almost anything. It can refer to an individual, an object, or a concept. When we use the word person, we are usually referring to human beings. Person is also used to describe groups of humans, animals, and objects. Here are some examples:

    -An individual person is a human being.

    -An object person is a thing that has a physical form.

    -A Concept person is a concept that exists in our mind.

    Paraphrases for Person:

    Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
    • Equivalence

      • Adjective
        Persons.
      • Adverb
        Persons.
    • Forward Entailment

      • Noun, plural
        beings.
      • Noun, singular or mass
        somebody.
    • Reverse Entailment

      • Adjective
        personal.
      • Proper noun, singular
        men, persona, personal, personality, Personalities, artists, passengers, anglers, personas.
      • Noun, plural
        Nobodies, Personalities, strangers, callers.
      • Noun, singular or mass
        appointee, candidate, citizen, complainant, defendant, detainee, foreigner, gentleman, holder, inhabitant, interlocutor, interviewee, men, offender, one-person, owner, participant, peacekeeper, pensioner, persona, personage, personal, personality, personhood, petitioner, prisoner, salesperson, victim, woman.
    • Independent

      • Coordinating conjunction
        Everybody.
      • Proper noun, singular
        data, people, roma, Capita, Does, Entities, Rights, beings, tiers, Zealanders, Americans, individuals.
      • Noun, plural
        people, Capita, breaks, specimens, individuals.
      • Noun, singular or mass
        data, entity, people, possession, suspect, Anyone, Assemblymen, Capita, Everybody, Everyone.
      • Adverb
        else.
      • Verb, past tense
        Anyone.
      • Verb, gerund or present participle
        according, believing, getting, missing, Having, Including.
      • Verb, 3rd person singular present
        gets, emerges.
      • Verb, base form
        Anyone.
    • Other Related

      • Verb, gerund or present participle
        Persons.
      • Verb, 3rd person singular present
        Persons.

    Homophones for Person:

    • persson.

    Hypernym for Person:

    • n.

      • communication
        second person, third person, first person.

    Hyponym for Person:

    • n.

      • body
        chassis, figure, frame, physical body, material body, soma, form, flesh, bod, anatomy, physique, shape, build, human body.
      • communication
        grammatical category, syntactic category.

    Another word for Person, What is another word Person

    Word; Person

    Meaning; individual, self, persona, soul, cad

    Another Words For Person

    • individual
    • self
    • persona
    • soul
    • cad
    • party
    • figure
    • natural person
    • one
    • wallah
    • thing
    • man
    • guy
    • fellow
    • chap
    • lad

    Here are 800 Another Words List;

    Another Words List – A
    abandon – desert
    abbreviate – shorten
    ability – aptitude
    able – qualified
    above – overhead
    abundant – ample
    accurate – correct
    achieve – accomplish
    adjourn – recess
    advocate – support
    after – following
    afraid – scared
    aggressive – militant
    aid – assist
    always – forever
    amateur – novice
    ambitious – driven
    antagonize – embitter
    apparent – obvious,evident
    approve – ratify,endorse
    arrive – come
    arrogant – stuck-up
    awful – atrocious
    awkward – clumsy

    Another Words List – B
    ban – prohibit
    barren – unproductive
    bashful – shy
    beautiful – pretty,
    before – prior
    beginning – start
    blend – mix
    bottom – base
    brave – heroic
    break – burst
    brief – short
    broad – wide,expansive
    busy – active
    buy – purchase

    Another Words List – C
    calm – quiet
    capture – arrest
    care – concern
    careful – watchful
    cease – stop,
    certain – positive
    charming – enchanting
    chilly – cool
    chubby – plump
    comical – amusing
    complex – complicated
    competent – capable
    comprehend – grasp
    complete – conclude
    complex – intricate
    compress – crush
    concrete – real
    concur – agree
    condemn – ,denounce
    condense – compress
    confess – admit
    confine – contain
    conflict – oppose
    conflict – fight
    conform – comply
    confuse – muddle
    congested – overcrowded
    connect – join
    conscientious – scrupulous
    conscious – aware
    consecutive – successive
    conservative – cautious
    considerate – thoughtful
    constantly – always
    contaminate – pollute
    contented – satisfied
    continue – persevere
    convalesce – heal
    convenient – handy
    cozy – comfortable
    cranky – irritable
    crazy – daft
    cruel – mean
    cry – sob

    Another Words List – D
    dally – linger
    damage – hurt
    dangerous – perilous
    daring – bold
    dark – dismal
    dawn – daybreak
    dead – lifeless
    decay – rot
    deduct – subtract
    defend – protect
    defy – resist
    delicate – fragile
    demolish – destroy
    denounce – blame
    dense – thick
    depart – leave,exit
    detach – separate
    deter – hinder,prevent
    determined – sure
    die – expire,perish
    different – distinct
    difficult – hard
    dilute – weaken
    drab – dull
    drastic – severe
    dreadful – terrible
    dry – arid,parched
    dubious – doubtful
    dull – blunt
    dumb – dense

    Another Words List – E
    early – beforetime
    easy – simple
    eccentric – unusual
    ecstasy – elation
    empty – unload
    encourage – urge
    enemy – opponent
    enjoy – like
    enlarge – expand
    evident – apparent
    evil – bad
    exceptional – outstanding
    excite – arouse,
    exhilarated – elated
    explicit – exact
    exquisite – delightful
    exterior – outside
    extravagant – luxurious

    Another Words List – F
    fabulous – marvelous
    face – confront
    fair – honest
    fake – artificial
    false – incorrect
    fancy – ornate
    fantastic – outrageous
    fast – rapid
    fat – chubby
    fatal – deadly
    fatigue – tire
    feasible – possible
    feeble – weak
    ferocious – fierce
    fertile – fruitful
    fiction – fantasy
    fill – load
    fix – mend
    follow – succeed
    forbid – prohibit
    forgive – pardon
    former – previous
    fraction – part
    frank – candid
    frenzy – fury
    fresh – unused
    friend – comrade
    frigid – freezing
    frivolous – trivial
    front – fore
    full – packed
    furious – enraged
    future – coming

    Another Words List – G
    gain – acquire
    gallant – chivalrous
    gather – accumulate
    gaudy – showy
    gaunt – scrawny
    generous – giving
    gentle – mild
    genuine – authentic
    gigantic – immense
    give – donate,present
    glad – happy
    gloomy – dark
    glorious – splendid,
    good – nice
    gratitude – thankfulness
    great – outstanding

    Another Words List – H
    handy – useful
    hard – firm
    hate – loathe
    help – aid
    high – lofty
    hold – grip
    honest – sincere
    hospitable – welcoming
    hostile – antagonistic
    huge – vast
    humble – modest
    humiliate – embarrass

    Another Words List – I
    identical – alike
    idle – inactive
    ignorant – uninformed
    immaculate – pure
    immature – inexperienced
    immune – resistant
    impartial – neutral
    impatient – eager
    imperative – mandatory
    imperfect – marred
    impetuous – impulsive
    important – significant
    independent – self-reliant
    inferior – lesser
    infuriate – enrage
    intermittent – sporadic
    internal – inner

    Another Words List – J,K,L
    jolly – merry
    jubilant – overjoyed
    keep – save
    kind – considerate
    lament – mourn
    large – big
    last – final
    least – fewest
    legible – readable
    lenient – lax
    listless – lethargic
    logical – sensible
    long – lengthy
    loose – slack,limp
    lure – attract
    luxurious – extravagant

    Another Words List – M
    magnify – expand
    mandatory – required
    maneuver – manipulate
    maximum – greatest
    meager – scanty
    mean – unkind
    mediocre – fair
    mend – repair
    migrant – drifting
    militant – combative
    minor – lesser
    mirth – merriment
    mischievous – naughty
    misfortune – hardship
    mobile – moveable
    moderate – temperate
    momentous – important
    monotonous – boring
    moral – righteous
    morbid – ghastly
    morose – moody
    mourn – lament
    mysterious – occult

    Another Words List – N
    naughty – wrong
    neat – clean
    negligent – derelict
    nervous – flustered
    neutral – impartial
    new – unused
    nice – pleasing
    nonchalant – indifferent
    normal – ordinary
    numerous – abundant

    Another Words List – O
    obey – mind
    oblivious – dazed
    obnoxious – abominable
    observe – examine
    obsolete – dated
    obstinate – stubborn
    odd – peculiar
    offend – displease
    ominous – menacing
    opaque – obscure
    open – begin
    opponent – rival
    optimistic – confident
    optional – elective
    ordinary – average
    outrageous – shocking
    outstanding – distinguished

    Another Words List – P
    painstaking – precise
    passive – compliant
    past – former
    patience – tolerance
    peculiar – weird
    perfect – flawless
    permanent – enduring
    perpetual – eternal
    persuade – convince
    plausible – believable
    plentiful – ample
    pliable – supple
    polite – gracious
    poor – destitute
    portion – part
    possible – conceivable
    precarious – dangerous
    precious – cherished
    prejudiced – opinionated
    premature – early,hasty
    premeditated – intended
    preserve – uphold
    pretty – lovely
    prevalent – widespread
    prevent – prohibit
    probable – liable
    proficient – adept
    profit – gain
    prohibit – forbid
    prominent – eminent
    prompt – punctual
    prosperous – successful
    proud – elated
    push – shove,propel

    Another Words List – Q,R
    qualified – competent
    question – interrogate
    quiet – silent
    quit – cease
    racket – noise
    radiant – luminous
    raise – hoist
    ratify – approve
    rational – logical
    ravage – devastate
    raze – destroy
    recreation – amusement
    reduce – decrease
    refute – contradict
    regular – routine
    regulate – oversee
    relevant – pertinent
    reluctant – unwilling
    remote – secluded
    repulsive – hideous
    resist – oppose
    retaliate – avenge
    reveal – disclose
    risky – hazardous
    rowdy – boisterous
    rude – impolite

    Another Words List – S
    sad – unhappy
    same – alike
    savage – uncivilized
    save – preserve
    scarce – scanty
    scrawny – skinny
    seize – apprehend
    separate – divide
    serene – peaceful
    serious – grave
    shrewd – cunning
    shy – timid
    sick – ailing
    slim – thin
    sluggish – listless
    small – little
    smooth – slick
    sociable – friendly
    sorrow – woe
    special – exceptional
    spontaneous – instinctive
    stable – steady
    stationary – fixed
    stimulate – motivate
    stop – quit
    strenuous – vigorous
    strict – stringent
    strong – powerful
    stupid – unintelligent
    subsequent – following
    successful – thriving
    sufficient – ample
    superb – magnificent
    suppress – restrain
    surplus – excess
    swift – fast,speedy,hasty
    synthetic – artificial

    Another Words List – T
    tall – high
    tangible – concrete
    taut – tense,tight,stiff
    tender – delicate
    terrible – dreadful
    thaw – melt,defrost
    thrifty – economical
    thrive – prosper
    total – whole,entire
    trivial – insignificant
    turbulent – tumultuous
    turmoil – commotion

    Another Words List – U,V
    unbiased – impartial
    upset – perturb,ruffle
    urgent – crucial
    vacant – unoccupied
    vague – unclear
    valiant – courageous
    vibrate – quiver,tremble
    vicious – malicious
    victory – triumph,win
    virtuous – righteous
    vulgar – offensive,uncouth

    Another Words List – W
    wealth – riches,prosperity
    weary – tired,fatigued
    wholehearted – earnest
    wild – uncivilized
    win – triumph,prevail
    wise – knowing,smart
    wonderful – marvelous
    worn – used
    wrong – mistaken

    Another Words List – Y,Z
    yield – produce
    zenith – peak,pinnacle

    person

         ( people    plural)   ( persons    plural  )
    The usual word for `more than one person’ is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language.     

    1       n-count   A person is a man, woman, or child.  
    At least one person died and several others were injured…, Everyone knows he’s the only person who can do the job…, The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person…     

    2       n-plural   Persons is used as the plural of person in formal, legal, and technical writing.  
    …removal of the right of accused persons to remain silent…     

    3       n-count   If you talk about someone as a person, you are considering them from the point of view of their real nature.  
    Robin didn’t feel good about herself as a person.     

    4       n-count   If someone says, for example, `I’m an outdoor person’ or `I’m not a coffee person’, they are saying whether or not they like that particular activity or thing.  
    mainly SPOKEN   a supp N  
    I am not a country person at all. I prefer the cities.     

    5       phrase   If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.  
    PHR after v  
    She went to New York to receive the award in person.     

    6       phrase   If you meet, hear, or see someone in person, you are in the same place as them, rather than, for example, speaking to them on the telephone, writing to them, or seeing them on television.  
    PHR after v  
    It was the first time she had seen him in person.     

    7       n-count   Your person is your body.  
    FORMAL   poss N  
    The suspect had refused to give any details of his identity and had carried no documents on his person.     

    8       phrase   You can use in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.  
    WRITTEN   PHR n  
    We had a knowledgeable guide in the person of George Adams.     

    9       n-count   In grammar, we use the term first person when referring to `I’ and `we’, second person when referring to `you’, and third person when referring to `he’, `she’, `it’, `they’, and all other noun groups. Person is also used like this when referring to the verb forms that go with these pronouns and noun groups.  
    usu supp N  
      
      first person  

      
      second person  

      
      third person  

    business person        ( business people    plural  ) Business people are people who work in business.      n-count  
    …a self-employed business person.     

    displaced person        ( displaced persons    plural  ) A displaced person is someone who has been forced to leave the place where they live, especially because of a war.      n-count  

    first person     
    A statement inthe first person is a statement about yourself, or about yourself and someone else. The subject of a statement like this is `I’ or `we’.      n-sing   the N  
    He tells the story in the first person…     

    lay person        ( lay persons    plural)   ( lay people    plural  ) , layperson   A lay person is a person who is not trained, qualified, or experienced in a particular subject or activity.      n-count  
      (Antonym: expert)
      

    missing person        ( missing persons    plural  ) A missing person has suddenly left their home without telling their family where they are going, and it is not known whether they are alive or dead.      n-count  

    -person     ( -people    plural)   ( -persons    plural  )

    1       comb in adj   -person is added to numbers to form adjectives which indicate how many people are involved in something or can use something. People is not used in this way.  
    ADJ n  
    …two-person households., …the spa’s 32-person staff., …his 1971 one-person exhibition.     

    2       comb in n-count   -person is added to nouns to form nouns which refer to someone who does a particular job or is in a particular group. -person is used by people who do not want to use a term which indicates whether someone is a man or a woman. -people can also be used in this way.  
    …Mrs. Sahana Pradhan, chairperson of the United Leftist Front…, He had a staff of six salespeople working for him.     

    person-to-person     
    If you make a person-to-person call, you say that you want to talk to one person in particular. If that person cannot come to the telephone, you do not have to pay for the call.  
    FORMAL      adj  

    second person     
    A statement in the second person is a statement about the person or people you are talking to. The subject of a statement like this is `you’.      n-sing   the N  

    third person     
    In grammar, a statement in the third person is a statement about another person or thing, and not directly about yourself or about the person you are talking to. The subject of a statement like this is `he’, `she’, `it’, or a name or noun.      n-sing   the N  

    Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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

      a human being

      «there was too much for one person to do»

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

    2. personnoun

      a human body (usually including the clothing)

      «a weapon was hidden on his person»

      Synonyms:
      mortal, individual, somebody, soul, someone

    3. personnoun

      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

      «stop talking about yourself in the third person»

      Synonyms:
      mortal, individual, somebody, soul, someone

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    1. List of paraphrases for «person»:

      individual, persons, anybody, anyone, nobody, people, personne, persona, capita, someone, man, personality, personal, individuals, no-one, employee, one

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    1. Rand Paul:

      We need to attach work to everything. I don’t think any able-bodied person in America should get a penny unless they work. No handouts, no gifts, no welfare. Everything should have work.

    2. Brian Abernathy:

      I want to be very clear the police were not responding to [ a ] social distancing complaint, police were responding to the fact that the person was asked to leave and refused.

    3. Josiah Gilbert Holland:

      Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person’s power.

    4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

      A man wants to see a woman as an angel of imagination, but a woman wants to prove that she is a person.

    5. Eric Schadt:

      We are delighted with the initial results we’ve seen after six months of using Apple’s ResearchKit framework for our Asthma Health app, we recruited and enrolled over 8,600 research participants in our study, remotely via the Asthma Health app without direct, in-person, contact.


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    Table of Contents

    1. person

    noun. [‘ˈpɝːsən’] a human being.

    • baulker
    • divider
    • intellect
    • spurner
    • adult
    • segregate
    • warrior
    • married
    • survivalist
    • immune
    • belligerent
    • African
    • degrader
    • native
    • defecator
    • gambler
    • abator
    • free spirit
    • neighbor
    • leader
    • scholar
    • Gemini
    • wriggler
    • technologist
    • protester
    • opponent
    • delayer
    • Pisces
    • termer
    • smiler
    • neutral
    • right-hander
    • life
    • preserver
    • wanter
    • contriver
    • coddler
    • buster
    • money dealer
    • baby
    • deaf person
    • occultist
    • nude person
    • romanticist
    • rusher
    • homunculus
    • perceiver
    • grownup
    • agnostic
    • shape
    • blackamoor
    • nondescript
    • gatekeeper
    • partner
    • socialiser
    • extrovert
    • baldhead
    • smasher
    • masturbator
    • simple
    • entertainer
    • inhabitant
    • relative
    • dancer
    • complexifier
    • literate
    • suspect
    • precursor
    • mortal
    • pursuer
    • communicator
    • laugher
    • beguiler
    • sweater
    • Slav
    • sentimentalist
    • abjurer
    • candidate
    • chutzpanik
    • faddist
    • antagonist
    • look-alike
    • polyglot
    • thirster
    • Sagittarius
    • allayer
    • baby boomer
    • socializer
    • outdoorsman
    • perspirer
    • needer
    • scratcher
    • scourge
    • double
    • male
    • dweller
    • bluecoat
    • lefty
    • ostrich
    • nonreligious person
    • learner
    • fighter
    • doubter
    • assimilator
    • person of colour
    • linguist
    • success
    • applicant
    • unraveler
    • copycat
    • applier
    • driveller
    • terror
    • undoer
    • deceased
    • applied scientist
    • explorer
    • philosopher
    • watcher
    • individualist
    • Twin
    • mouse
    • killer
    • righthander
    • spitter
    • creature
    • party
    • arrogator
    • Virgin
    • amateur
    • autodidact
    • shitter
    • boomer
    • aborigine
    • unperson
    • Crab
    • Libra
    • heterosexual
    • hoper
    • slobberer
    • chooser
    • waiter
    • tapper
    • grunter
    • best
    • ruler
    • Amerindian
    • Taurus
    • dead person
    • spousal equivalent
    • habitant
    • stooper
    • huddler
    • build
    • chameleon
    • people
    • male person
    • changer
    • simpleton
    • monolingual
    • modifier
    • squint-eye
    • blond
    • malcontent
    • indigen
    • liver
    • emotional person
    • sounding board
    • Virgo
    • anatomy
    • selector
    • tiger
    • personality
    • somebody
    • untier
    • topper
    • snuffler
    • mediocrity
    • decedent
    • Hebrew
    • gem
    • compulsive
    • creeper
    • Leo
    • pisser
    • slave
    • rescuer
    • Israelite
    • passer
    • transsexual
    • physique
    • debtor
    • bather
    • prospect
    • runaway
    • bodybuilder
    • modern
    • neglecter
    • hugger
    • charmer
    • faller
    • unraveller
    • realist
    • nondrinker
    • appointee
    • user
    • grinner
    • walk-in
    • discriminator
    • opener
    • loved one
    • nonworker
    • ward
    • anti
    • middlebrow
    • dieter
    • scientist
    • nonperson
    • revenant
    • primitive person
    • dresser
    • Ram
    • unfastener
    • abstinent
    • soul
    • Aries
    • gainer
    • jumper
    • yearner
    • bomber
    • gay
    • demander
    • testator
    • stifler
    • form
    • slipper
    • self
    • individual
    • friend
    • blogger
    • adventurer
    • extravert
    • excuser
    • redhead
    • unwelcome person
    • contestant
    • slider
    • achiever
    • cripple
    • juvenile
    • controller
    • neighbour
    • picker
    • bullfighter
    • religious person
    • brunette
    • transferee
    • anomaly
    • signer
    • good person
    • causal agent
    • disentangler
    • Scorpio
    • contemplative
    • baby buster
    • chassis
    • onanist
    • Negroid
    • roundhead
    • engineer
    • blonde
    • kink
    • man
    • sleepyhead
    • good guy
    • longer
    • assessee
    • ectomorph
    • closer
    • adoptee
    • doer
    • nonmember
    • denizen
    • pardoner
    • debaser
    • Scorpion
    • signatory
    • adjudicator
    • unskilled person
    • subject
    • bereaved
    • muscle builder
    • debitor
    • nurser
    • bedfellow
    • spoiler
    • significant other
    • capturer
    • snuffer
    • personification
    • money handler
    • worker
    • computer user
    • mestizo
    • Archer
    • sniffer
    • doormat
    • pamperer
    • miracle worker
    • weakling
    • skidder
    • repeater
    • innocent
    • large person
    • pussycat
    • mollycoddler
    • aggregator
    • dissenter
    • insured person
    • actor
    • owner
    • survivor
    • muscle-builder
    • junior
    • controversialist
    • nonpartizan
    • face
    • mover and shaker
    • beard
    • national
    • causal agency
    • mutilator
    • namer
    • guesser
    • dupe
    • stranger
    • someone
    • squirmer
    • aper
    • Goat
    • apprehender
    • second-rater
    • nonsmoker
    • advocate
    • Balance
    • indigene
    • visually impaired person
    • spouse equivalent
    • captor
    • Cancer
    • hope
    • stigmatist
    • lightning rod
    • winner
    • follower
    • sniveler
    • outcaste
    • guinea pig
    • imitator
    • common person
    • authority
    • sniffler
    • homosexual
    • hater
    • riser
    • beholder
    • cashier
    • essayer
    • nude
    • powderer
    • player
    • birth
    • celebrater
    • showman
    • Jat
    • rectifier
    • struggler
    • red-header
    • small person
    • dissident
    • mangler
    • ethnic
    • scrag
    • percher
    • visionary
    • dribbler
    • noncompliant
    • tempter
    • groaner
    • material body
    • venturer
    • advocator
    • person of color
    • free agent
    • appointment
    • transvestite
    • deceased person
    • resister
    • straight
    • equal
    • admirer
    • carrottop
    • waker
    • wealthy person
    • thin person
    • rich person
    • literate person
    • asthmatic
    • musclebuilder
    • sensualist
    • mixed-blood
    • sport
    • introvert
    • dyslectic
    • effector
    • ladino
    • indweller
    • combatant
    • celebrant
    • worldling
    • archaist
    • forgiver
    • bad guy
    • bereaved person
    • adversary
    • handicapped person
    • southpaw
    • creator
    • opposer
    • winker
    • wiggler
    • figure
    • female
    • man jack
    • welcomer
    • sprawler
    • expert
    • tagger
    • granter
    • ejector
    • recoverer
    • Caucasian
    • Negro
    • restrainer
    • differentiator
    • intellectual
    • proponent
    • unfortunate person
    • endomorph
    • heterosexual person
    • yielder
    • crawler
    • Fish
    • enjoyer
    • homo
    • orphan
    • color-blind person
    • quitter
    • relation
    • homophile
    • balker
    • turner
    • frame
    • unusual person
    • common man
    • effecter
    • possessor
    • weasel
    • physical body
    • Bull
    • appreciator
    • thrower
    • mesomorph
    • Latin
    • witness
    • female person
    • muscleman
    • machine
    • Aquarius
    • transexual
    • freewheeler
    • forerunner
    • surrenderer
    • unfortunate
    • bad person
    • expectorator
    • totemist
    • bod
    • cause
    • registrant
    • domestic partner
    • brunet
    • sort
    • social dancer
    • supernumerary
    • victim
    • insured
    • emulator
    • wight
    • eristic
    • toucher
    • Water Bearer
    • biter
    • Black
    • trier
    • sphinx
    • Elizabethan
    • slayer
    • match
    • tyrant
    • posturer
    • enrollee
    • cross-dresser
    • capitalist
    • coward
    • departed
    • case
    • seeker
    • Black person
    • nonparticipant
    • ancient
    • fiduciary
    • searcher
    • Capricorn
    • creditor
    • Jew
    • Lion
    • active
    • acquaintance
    • squinter
    • weight gainer
    • pansexual
    • right hander
    • advisee
    • persona non grata
    • sex object
    • abomination
    • observer
    • censor
    • deliverer
    • namesake
    • toreador
    • fastener
    • quarter
    • ouster
    • sneezer
    • saver
    • aboriginal
    • yawner
    • lover
    • transfer
    • human body
    • shaker
    • wuss
    • propositus
    • nonresident
    • planner
    • baldy
    • White
    • succeeder
    • inexperienced person
    • baldpate
    • being
    • knower
    • skin and bones
    • compeer
    • substance abuser
    • jewel
    • swayer
    • celebrator
    • exponent
    • quester
    • ape
    • peer
    • affiant
    • seeder
    • primitive
    • radical
    • rester
    • acquirer
    • experimenter
    • have
    • gatherer
    • measurer
    • cloud seeder
    • gentile
    • straight person
    • manipulator
    • reliever
    • knocker
    • counter
    • soma
    • mother hen
    • image
    • threat
    • fugitive
    • clumsy person
    • public relations person
    • comforter
    • sex symbol
    • testate
    • nonpartisan
    • first-rater
    • misogamist
    • kneeler
    • stigmatic
    • personage
    • fleer
    • saluter
    • interpreter
    • loose cannon
    • maimer
    • flesh
    • White person
    • miracle man
    • vanisher
    • collector
    • drug user
    • counterterrorist
    • Native American
    • juvenile person
    • mailer
    • objector
    • six-footer
    • disputant
    • urinator
    • optimist
    • sloucher
    • traveler
    • redheader
    • voider
    • romper
    • attempter
    • convert
    • child
    • third-rater
    • smotherer
    • scrapper
    • left-hander
    • percipient
    • abstainer
    • Victorian
    • anti-American
    • commoner
    • battler
    • greeter
    • dead soul
    • organism
    • drooler
    • deviser
    • traveller
    • introvert
    • withholder
    • male
    • adult
    • loser
    • unemotional person
    • worker
    • extrovert
    • debtor
    • nonreligious person
    • follower
    • bad guy
    • partisan
    • leader
    • member
    • good guy
    • smoker
    • resident
    • creditor
    • female
    • juvenile
    • fat person
    • pessimist
    • religious person
    • bad person
    • acquaintance
    • agonist
    • liberator
    • granter
    • good person
    • drinker
    • parsone (Anglo-Norman)

    Rhymes with Person

    • christophersen
    • christoffersen
    • mcpherson
    • mcphearson
    • macpherson
    • iversen
    • worsen
    • searson
    • pherson
    • persson
    • merson
    • herson
    • gerson
    • burson
    • berson
    • urson

    Sentences with person

    Quotes about person

    1. The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
    Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

    2. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
    Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

    3. Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?’Jace said, «Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself.»…»At least,»she said, «you don’t have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland.»»Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.
    Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

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