individual (adj.)

  1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; individual drops of rain; please mark the individual pages; they went their individual ways

    [ Syn: single ]

    individual (n.)

  1. a human being; there was too much for one person to do

    [ Syn: person , person , someone , someone , somebody , somebody , mortal , mortal , soul , soul ]

  2. a single organism

    individual (adj.)

  1. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; mark the individual pages; on a case-by-case basis

    [ Syn: case-by-case , item-by-item ]

  2. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; an individual serving; single occupancy; a single bed

    [ Syn: single ]

  3. concerning one person exclusively; we all have individual cars; each room has a private bath

    [ Syn: private ]

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