person

UK /ˈpɜː.sən/ · US /ˈpɜɹ.sən/

Etymology From Middle English persoun, personne et al., from Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“human being”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Doublet of parson and persona.

Synonyms

27 terms

agent, being, bloak, bloke, body, buddy, cunt, fellow, featherless biped, finger, gink, guy, homo, Homo sapien, human, human being, individual, lede, man, naked ape, pal, person, sapien, sapiens, soul, talakawa, wight

Derived terms

210 terms

about one's person, adperson, ambulanceperson, anchorperson, antiperson, Antperson, ape-person, artificial person, assemblyperson, as the next person, barperson, baseperson, battered person syndrome, bellperson, birthing person, blind person, boat person, boatperson, bondsperson, bushperson, catperson, cattleperson, caveperson, certain person, Chinaperson, churchperson, cis person, clansperson, clergyperson, committeeperson, computer person, conperson, contact person, corpsperson, councilperson, counterperson, countryperson, cowperson, craftsperson, crewperson, Cumberperson, cyberperson, deaf person, deliveryperson, deperson, depersonate, displaced person, doorperson, dustperson, Dutchperson, Earthperson, Earth Surface Person, Englishperson, favorite person, fireperson, first-person, fisherperson, flagperson, floorperson, flyperson, fourth person, freedperson, Frenchperson, freshperson, frontiersperson, G2P, garbageperson, genderbread person, goods-to-person, go-to person, government-to-person, greensperson, gunperson, handyperson, helmsperson, highly sensitive person, horseperson, huntsperson, infantryperson, in person, in-person, internally displaced person, interperson, in the person of, intraperson, ironperson, jazzperson, journeyperson, juridical person, juristic person, juryperson, key person insurance, key person risk, kinsperson, Klansperson, lay person, leatherperson, legal person, linesperson, litigant in person, little person, lobsterperson, longshoreperson, madperson, mailperson, marksperson, mediaperson, merperson, microperson, militiaperson, milkperson, minor attracted person, minor-attracted person, misperson, missing person, morning person, multiperson, named person, natural person, newspaperperson, night person, nurseryperson, one-person, on one's person, overperson, party person, patrolperson, personable, personal, personate, personative, person-day, person from Porlock, person having ordinary skill in the art, person-hour, personhunt, personification, personify, person in the street, personise, personish, personism, personist, personize, personkind, personless, personlike, personly, person-made, person-month, personnel, personness, personocracy, person of ordinary skill in the art, personology, personpower, person-power, personship, person-to-person, person under train, person unknown, person up, person-year, pitchperson, plantsperson, ploughperson, pod person, point person, pointsperson, policeperson, postperson, pressperson, real person fiction, real-person fiction, reasonable person, roundsperson, Scotsperson, selectperson, serviceperson, showperson, sideperson, signalperson, slaughterperson, snowperson, soundperson, spinson, sportsperson, statesperson, steersperson, stiff person syndrome, stiff-person syndrome, superperson, suppressive person, tadpole person, thinking person's, townsperson, trackperson, tradesperson, trans person, tribesperson, two-person rule, underperson, venireperson, very important person, vestryperson, waitperson, weatherperson, workperson, yacht person, yardperson

Related terms

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 372. Mankind, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 3. Substantiality

Hypernyms

animal, creature, entity, mortal

Hyponyms

62 terms

advance person, bald person, businessperson, cameraperson, chairperson, congressperson, dead person walking, draftsperson, Earth Surface Person, favorite person, first person, foreperson, houseperson, layperson, medicine person, newsperson, nonperson, ombudsperson, people person, person deprived of liberty, person of interest, physical person, repairperson, salesperson, second person, sick person, spokesperson, stateless person, stuntperson, tadpole person, third person, unperson, VIP, woman, boy, girl, child, adolescent, adult, relative, inhabitant, African, Asian, European, North American, Oceanian, South American, friend, enemy, ruler, nobleman, worker, attendant, humanitarian, villain, important person, boss, nonentity, genius, idiot, jerk, prude

Holonyms

group, mankind, humankind, humanity, community, society, family, tribe, nation, clan, clique, cabal, company, band, ensemble, organization, unit, committee, team, class, squad, couple, orchestra