personal

Plural: personals

Noun

• A brief, private advertisement or notice in a newspaper.
• a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
• An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
• One's own property or asset

Adjective

• concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
  • "a personal favor"
  • "for your personal use"
  • "personal papers"
  • "I have something personal to tell you"
  • "a personal God"
  • "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"
• of or arising from personality
  • "personal magnetism"
• indicating grammatical person
  • "personal verb endings"

Adjective Satellite

• particular to a given individual
• intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
  • "personal hygiene"

Adj

• Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
• Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
• Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
• Intended for sexual use.
• Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
• Done in person; without an intermediary.
• Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
• Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
• Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.
• Denoting ownership.

Examples

• a personal interview
• a personal meeting
• a personal pronoun
• He searched the dictionary for PERSONAL, hoping it wasn’t a proper noun.
• Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
• I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!
• one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle
• Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.
• personal charms
• personal lubricant; personal massager
• personal reasons
• personal reflections or remarks
• personal settings
• personal values; personal desire
• That's a very personal question.
• You can't read my diary—it is personal.

Antonyms

impersonal

Related Words

personalia, personality, personally, personnel

Anagrams of personal