- body
- character
- customer
- guy
- human
- individual
- life
- man
- somebody
- woman
- being
- cat
- creature
- gal
- identity
- individuality
- joker
- mortal
- party
- personage
- personality
- self
- soul
- specimen
- spirit
- unit
- living soul
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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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- gentleperson
- grownup
- man
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- woman
- gentlepersons
- grownups
- men
- persons
- women
- animal
- beast
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- 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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noun
Definition of person
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.
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- anatomy,
- physical,
- figure,
- success.
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- people,
- physique,
- your fellow man/men,
- the many,
- society,
- frame.
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- 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.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)
- labourer,
- supporter.
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- body image,
- bodily,
- personage,
- body clock,
- somatic,
- humankind,
- fellow,
- corporal.
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- many,
- physically,
- biological clock.
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- statistic,
- bird,
- living,
- public,
- man,
- internal,
- humanity,
- folk.
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- body.
• syntax
- grammar.
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- 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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Persons.
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Adverb
Persons.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
beings.
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Noun, singular or mass
somebody.
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Noun, plural
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Adjective
personal.
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Proper noun, singular
men, persona, personal, personality, Personalities, artists, passengers, anglers, personas.
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Noun, plural
Nobodies, Personalities, strangers, callers.
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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.
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Independent
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Everybody.
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Proper noun, singular
data, people, roma, Capita, Does, Entities, Rights, beings, tiers, Zealanders, Americans, individuals.
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Noun, plural
people, Capita, breaks, specimens, individuals.
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Noun, singular or mass
data, entity, people, possession, suspect, Anyone, Assemblymen, Capita, Everybody, Everyone.
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else.
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Verb, past tense
Anyone.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
according, believing, getting, missing, Having, Including.
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gets, emerges.
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Anyone.
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Persons.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Persons.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Person:
- persson.
Hypernym for Person:
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communication
second person, third person, first person.
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communication
Hyponym for Person:
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body
chassis, figure, frame, physical body, material body, soma, form, flesh, bod, anatomy, physique, shape, build, human body.
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grammatical category, syntactic category.
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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
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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
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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 -
personnoun
a human body (usually including the clothing)
«a weapon was hidden on his person»
Synonyms:
mortal, individual, somebody, soul, someone -
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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PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes
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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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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.
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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.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland:
Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person’s power.
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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.
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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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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