Synonyms and antonyms of General words for a person's character in British Thesaurus

character (noun)

the qualities that make up someone’s personality

personality (noun)

the part of a person that makes them behave in a particular way in social situations, for example in a friendly or unfriendly way, or in a confident or shy way. You use the word character when you are talking about whether someone is good or bad, or honest or dishonest

identity (noun)

the qualities that make someone or something what they are and different from other people

nature (noun)

the basic character of a person or an animal

make-up (noun)

the individual qualities and attitudes that combine to form someone’s basic character

temperament (noun)

someone’s temperament is their basic character, for example their tendency to be happy, angry etc

being (noun)

mainly literary the deepest and most essential part of someone’s individual character

self (noun)

spoken what you feel and want, rather than what other people feel and want

your normal/usual self ()

the type of person that you usually are, when nothing has happened to upset you

your true/real self ()

the type of person that you are when you are not trying to impress anyone

identity (noun)

who you are, or what your name is

selfhood (noun)

formal a person’s individual character

someone’s true colours ()

someone’s real personality, especially when it has unpleasant or bad qualities

what makes someone tick ()

the feelings and ideas that make someone behave the way that they do

what someone is made of ()

what someone can achieve or what they are really like