characters
Syllables: char·ac·tersUK/ˈkæɹəktəz//ˈkɛɹəktɚz/
characters is the plural of character.
Meaning of character
Noun
character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)
- A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- [I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …1695, John Dryden, A Parallel of Poetry and Painting
- A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
- Synonyms:
- complexion
- A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.
- Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- He has a great deal of character.
- A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
- A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC
Phrases with characters
- pi characters
- ASA characters
- CJK characters
- Han characters
- Hàn characters
- base characters
- bell characters
- CJKV characters
- lead characters
- main characters
- null characters
- ghost characters
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- round characters
- stock characters
- title characters
- delete characters
- escape characters
- Hebrew characters
- player characters
- staple characters
- cartoon characters
- Chinese characters
- control characters
- special characters
- breakout characters
- characters per inch
- original characters
- combining characters
- Dirichlet characters
- paragraph characters
- non-player characters
- box-drawing characters
- private-use characters
- replacement characters
- non-printing characters
- non-printable characters
- supplementary characters
- carriage control characters
- setaceous Hebrew characters
Questions about characters
- What is characters the plural of?
- Characters is the plural of character.
- How do you pronounce characters?
- Characters is pronounced /ˈkɛɹəktɚz/ (US).
Words near characters in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: characters (page history and authors); character (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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