individual

Meaning of individual

adjective
  1. single; separate.
    individual tiny flowers
  2. of or for a particular person.
    the individual needs of the children
noun
  1. a single human being as distinct from a group.
    boat trips for parties and individuals

late Middle English (in the sense ‘indivisible’): from medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus, from in- ‘not’ + dividuus ‘divisible’ (from dividere ‘to divide’).

Information about individual

Hyphenation of individual

in-di-vid-ual

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • individual is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

individual synonyms

Meaning single:

single

Meaning separate:

separate, single

Meaning private:

private

Meaning person:

person, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Meaning individually separate and distinct:

discrete

Meaning free from outside control; not subject to another's authority:

independent

Meaning the undersurface of a person's foot:

sole

Meaning having no companions; solitary or single:

lone

Meaning single; only:

solitary

Meaning single; exceptional:

isolated

Translation of individual

Words that rhyme with individual

dual, Gradual, gradual, ungradual, subdual, assidual, coresidual, decidual, dividual, interindividual, intraindividual, nonindividual, nonresidual, residual, subindividual, superindividual, transindividual, undividual, unindividual, unresidual, vidual

Are you looking more rhymes for individual? Try our rhymes search engine.