Personal definition
Personal is an adjective meaning "concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 3
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
Personal as an adjective
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
"a personal favor"
of or arising from personality
"personal magnetism"
indicating grammatical person
"personal verb endings"
intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
"personal hygiene"
Personal as a noun
a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
Synonyms and antonyms
Opposite: impersonal.
How to say personal
Personal has 3 syllables. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
PERSONAL in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Anagrams
- 1
Is PERSONAL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PERSONAL in the word checker, or unscramble PERSONAL to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.