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Synonyms for person

Another word for person is someone, individual or soul. Below are 5 synonyms and 30 related words across 3 senses.

Also searched as: persons.

1. noun: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

2. noun: a human body (usually including the clothing)

3. noun: 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

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Person in word games

Letters
6
Scrabble
8
Words With Friends
10
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Everyday word

Questions people ask

What is another word for person?

You can say someone, individual, soul, somebody or mortal instead of person. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential".

What is the opposite of person?

WordNet lists no direct antonym for person; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.

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