Definition of INDIVIDUAL

individual

Plural: individuals

Noun

  • a human being
  • a single organism
  • A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
  • 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.
  • An element belonging to a population.

Adjective

  • being or characteristic of a single thing or person
    • "individual drops of rain"
    • "please mark the individual pages"
    • "they went their individual ways"

Adjective Satellite

  • separate and distinct from others of the same kind
    • "mark the individual pages"
  • characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
    • "an individual serving"
  • concerning one person exclusively
    • "we all have individual cars"

Adj

  • Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
  • Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
  • Not divisible without losing its identity.

Examples

  • As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.
  • He is an unusual individual.
  • individual personal pension; individual cream cakes

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
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From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Synonyms

case-by-case, item-by-item, mortal, person, private, single, somebody, someone, soul, personal, self-standing

Antonyms

common, antonym(s) of “relating to a single person, group, joint, shared, thing”

Scrabble Score: 15

individual: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
individual: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
individual: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

individual: valid Words With Friends Word