Synonyms for individual
ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əlin·di·vid·u·al

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1. individualadjective

   Synonyms:
   single, personal, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   collective, joint, shared, group

2. individualadjective

   Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

   He is an unusual individual.

   Synonyms:
   personal, single, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   shared, joint, collective, group

3. individualadjective

   Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

   individual personal pension; individual cream cakes

   Synonyms:
   single, selfstanding, personal

   Antonyms:
   collective, group, shared, joint

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1. individual

   Synonyms:
   personal, specific, peculiar, indivisible, identical, singular, idiosyncratic, special, single, separate, particular

   Antonyms:
   general, common, collective, plural

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1. person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulnoun

   a human being

   "there was too much for one person to do"

   Synonyms:
   somebody, person, someone, psyche, mortal, soulfulness, soul

   Antonyms:
   common, dependent, public, impersonal, communal, shared

2. individualadjective

   a single organism

   Synonyms:
   soul, mortal, somebody, person, someone

   Antonyms:
   dependent, impersonal, communal, common, shared, public

3. individual, singleadjective

   being or characteristic of a single thing or person

   "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

   Synonyms:
   individual(a), unmarried, private, item-by-item, single, exclusive, case-by-case, single(a), undivided

   Antonyms:
   dependent, shared, impersonal, common, public, communal

4. individual, case-by-case, item-by-itemadjective

   separate and distinct from others of the same kind

   "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

   Synonyms:
   private, item-by-item, individual(a), single(a), single, case-by-case

   Antonyms:
   common, public, shared, dependent, impersonal, communal

5. individual, single(a)adjective

   characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

   "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

   Antonyms:
   shared, communal, dependent, common, impersonal, public

6. individual(a), privateadjective

   concerning one person exclusively

   "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

   Antonyms:
   dependent, shared, communal, common, public, impersonal

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1. individualadjective

   Synonyms:
   particular, special, separate, single, one

2. individualnoun

   Synonyms:
   person, personage, character, being, somebody, some one

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1. List of paraphrases for "individual":

   person, personal, individually, particular, one-on-one, individuals, each, separate, different, solo, specific, various, single, person-level, isolated, certain, individualized, odd, persons, award, one-to-one, every, case-by-case, individual-level, respective, anybody, capita, nobody, anyone, proprietorship, odd-numbered, personne

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1. Yank Barry:

   Individuals are making a big difference, we have to group together because governments are moving much too slowly, much too slowly. Every individual has to do something.

2. Fahrettin Altun:

   We are deeply concerned about the treatment (of Mazloum).... This individual is a senior leader of the PKK, which the United States and others consider a terrorist organization, and a fugitive from justice, he is the subject of an outstanding Interpol red notice. He is wanted for multiple terror attacks targeting the Turkish security forces, a NATO army, as well as civilians.

3. Anna Nelson:

   During the visits, we are able to meet with the detainees on an individual basis and in-private. Each individual is free to agree or decline to meet with us, we facilitate contact between the detainees and their relatives through written messages as well as phone calls and Skype-like video calls. Communications between the detainees and their relatives are monitored and censored by authorities. Our role is strictly to facilitate the contact.

4. Seattle Seahawks:

   Many folks today have called this an incident of racial-bias policing, that police officers focused solely on the race of the individual that they were going to stop. I can tell you as I stand here today, I see no evidence of that.

5. Thiruman Archunan:

   The greatest intellectual achievement of men should be not only in understanding the importance of the reason, but to consciously and boldly overthrow it as and when the welfare of others’ warrants it. Why should anybody think about others welfare? This is because the reason’s practical worth is only with respect to others. Instinct is often enough to take care of an individual, but the reason is necessary to meet the societal requirements and also to derive benefits from it.