Definitions:

1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability noun
   • requests for character references are all too often answered evasively
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) noun
   • a real character
3. a written symbol that is used to represent speech noun
   • the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
4. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction noun
   • I am the main character in the novel of my life.
5. good repute noun
   • We want our children to be people of character.
6. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions noun
   • education has for its object the formation of character Herbert Spencer

Synonyms:

• case
• fiber
• fictional character
• fictitious character
• grapheme
• graphic symbol
• quality
• reference
• role

NearBy Words:

• characterisation
• characterise
• characteristic
• characteristically
• characterization
• characterize
• characterless