person

noun

1. a human being; “there was too much for one person to do”

   Synonyms

   • individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

   Less specific

   • organism, being, causal agent, cause, causal agency

   More specific

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

   Parts

   • personality, human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh

   Member of

   • people

2. a human body (usually including the clothing); “a weapon was hidden on his person”

   Less specific

   • human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh

3. 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”

   Less specific

   • grammatical category, syntactic category

   More specific

   • first person, second person, third person