person
noun
per·son ˈpər-sᵊn 
1
: human, individual —sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes
chairpersonspokesperson
2
: a character or part in or as if in a play : guise
3
a
: one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as understood by Christians
b
: the unitary personality of Christ that unites the divine and human natures
4
a
archaic : bodily appearance
b
: the body of a human being
also : the body and clothing
unlawful search of the person
5
: the personality of a human being : self
6
: one (such as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties
7
: reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection
personhood
ˈpər-sᵊn-ˌhu̇d
noun 
Synonyms
- baby
- being
- bird
- bod [British]
- body
- character
- cookie
- cooky
- creature
- customer
- devil
- duck
- egg
- face
- fish
- guy
- head
- human
- human being
- individual
- life
- man
- mortal
- party
- personage
- scout
- slob
- sort
- soul
- specimen
- stiff
- thing
- wight
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Example Sentences
She is a very nice person. I saw a person standing on the dock. Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt. Most people here are quite friendly. The tickets are $25 per person. The person at the front desk will be able to help you. The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket. I like her as a person, but she is not a very good writer. The disease is easily transmitted from person to person. The dogs discovered that the men were hiding drugs about their persons. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Hartford Police Department patrol officers responded to the area of 50 Congress St. on a report of a person shot just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. —
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023 Close your eyes for a moment and think of a person wearing head-to-toe white in a room full of others clad in semiformal attire. —Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023 According to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person’s private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent. —Sen Nguyen, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023 East Precinct officers responded to a report of a person shot. —Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Feb. 2023 There are two types of dialysis: Hemodialysis, the most common, uses an artificial kidney machine to clean the blood; peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of a person’s abdomen in the blood-filtering process. —Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023 She’s the kind of person Austin can’t afford to lose. —Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 Borg designed it to correspond roughly to the heart rate of a fit person at various intensity levels divided by 10. —Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023 In both cases, tissue may need to be removed for the safety of the pregnant person. —Asima Ahmad, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 See More
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023 Close your eyes for a moment and think of a person wearing head-to-toe white in a room full of others clad in semiformal attire. —Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023 According to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person’s private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent. —Sen Nguyen, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023 East Precinct officers responded to a report of a person shot. —Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Feb. 2023 There are two types of dialysis: Hemodialysis, the most common, uses an artificial kidney machine to clean the blood; peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of a person’s abdomen in the blood-filtering process. —Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023 She’s the kind of person Austin can’t afford to lose. —Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 Borg designed it to correspond roughly to the heart rate of a fit person at various intensity levels divided by 10. —Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023 In both cases, tissue may need to be removed for the safety of the pregnant person. —Asima Ahmad, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French persone, from Latin persona actor's mask, character in a play, person, probably from Etruscan phersu mask, from Greek prosōpa, plural of prosōpon face, mask — more at prosopopoeia
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing person
Kids Definition
person
noun per·son ˈpərs-ᵊn
1
: human being, individual —used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds that apply to both sexes
chairperson
2
: a character or part in or as if in a play
3
: the body of a human being
4
: reference to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated especially by means of certain pronouns
Legal Definition
person
noun per·son
1
: natural person
2
: the body of a human being
also : the body and clothing of a human being
had drugs on his person
3
: one (as a human being or corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties see also juridical person, legal person, personality
personhood noun
person
noun
as in man
a member of the human race is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- man
- guy
- life
- individual
- creature
- human
- thing
- being
- soul
- customer
- bird
- body
- character
- personality
- party
- baby
- sort
- personage
- fish
- specimen
- duck
- mortal
- human being
- scout
- face
- egg
- cookie
- devil
- fellow
- wight
- bod
- somebody
- stiff
- slob
- cooky
- son of man
- head
- brother
- neighbor
- self
- homo
- celebrity
- hominid
- fellowman
- humanoid
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- animal
- beast
- brute
- critter
- beastie