Definition of characters

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • characters is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • characters is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • characters is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of characters


  • a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability (noun)

    Examples

    1. requests for character references are all too often answered evasively

    Synonyms

    1. character reference
    2. reference
  • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (noun)

    Examples

    1. a real character
    2. a strange character

    Synonyms

    1. case
    2. eccentric
    3. type
  • the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions (noun)

    Examples

    1. education has for its object the formation of character

    Synonyms

    1. fiber
    2. fibre
  • an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) (noun)

    Examples

    1. she is the main character in the novel

    Synonyms

    1. fictional character
    2. fictitious character
  • a written symbol that is used to represent speech (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Greek alphabet has 24 characters

    Synonyms

    1. graph
    2. grapheme
    3. graphic symbol
  • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something (noun)

    Examples

    1. the radical character of our demands

    Synonyms

    1. lineament
    2. quality
  • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. part
    2. persona
    3. role
    4. theatrical role
  • engrave or inscribe characters on (verb)
  • (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes (noun)
  • good repute (noun)

    Examples

    1. he is a man of character

See definition of characters in Merriam Webster