personnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˈpɝː.sən/plural people formal personsperson noun [ C ] (HUMAN)
A1 a man, woman, or child:
used when describing someone's character:
B2 If you do something or go somewhere in person, you do it or go there yourself:
More examples
- She's sure to get the job she wants - she's a very determined person.
- I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.
- The jury has to decide whether a person is guilty or innocent of a crime.
- I think we've chosen the right person to lead the expedition.
- Who's the most famous person you've ever interviewed on TV?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People in general
- beggar
- bird
- body
- breed
- bugger
- coot
- creature
- devil
- guy
- landlubber
- man
- mankind
- number
- party
- peeps
- rogue
- sod
- sort
- soul
- stiff
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
person noun [ C ] (GRAMMAR)
specialized language, language used in grammar to describe the verbs and pronouns that refer to the different people in a conversation. The first person ("I" or "we") refers to the person speaking, the second person ("you") refers to the person being spoken to and the third person ("he", "she", "it", or "they") refers to another person or thing being spoken about or described:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- attributive
- collocate
- comparative
- declension
- decline
- dependent clause
- grammar
- grammarian
- grammatical
- independent clause
- indirect object
- inflect
- interrogative
- modifier
- plurality
- qualify
- reflexive
- superlative
See more results »