individuals
Each person counted separately
Individuals are single, separate persons considered apart from a group.
The word emphasizes distinctness—each individual has their own characteristics, rights, or circumstances: The policy affects individuals differently depending on income.
In legal and bureaucratic contexts, individual often contrasts with organizations or corporations: both individuals and businesses may apply.
Used as an adjective, individual means pertaining to one person: individual portions, individual attention.
Humans as a group
- personsIndividual humans, plural
- humansHomo sapiens members
- citizensMembers of a nation
- residentsPeople living somewhere
inhabitants · populace · population · members · participants · constituents · subjects · nationals
One's own being
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- identityWho someone is
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
persona · ego · self-concept · self-image · self-perception · self-awareness · consciousness · subjectivity
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
self-determination · liberty · sovereignty · agency · self-direction · self-governance · emancipation · free will
Quality of being distinguishable
- singularityPoint where values explode
- originalityNovel creative quality
- noveltyQuality of being original
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
idiosyncrasy · quirkiness · unconventionality · differentiation · exceptionality · variation · dissimilarity · diversity
people
Humans as a group
residents · inhabitants · populace · population · members · participants · constituents · subjects · nationals · locals
self
One's own being
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- identityWho someone is
selfhood · persona · ego · self-concept · self-image · self-perception · self-awareness · consciousness · subjectivity · authenticity
independence
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- freedomAbsence of constraint
self-sufficiency · self-determination · liberty · sovereignty · agency · self-direction · self-governance · emancipation · free will · personal choice
distinctiveness
Quality of being distinguishable
- singularityPoint where values explode
- originalityNovel creative quality
- noveltyQuality of being original
peculiarity · idiosyncrasy · quirkiness · unconventionality · differentiation · exceptionality · variation · dissimilarity · diversity · rarity
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
- peoplepeople, persons, person, humans, human
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- formal logicformula, postulate, quantifiers, axiom, variable
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
- intelligent beingshumans, people, persons, Homo sapiens, intelligent life
individualsgroups
Collections of related things
collectives · masses · crowds · organizations · communities
individualsabstracts
Condensed versions of documents
categories · types · classes · universals · generalities
individualsinstitutions
Established organizations or practices
corporations · governments · organizations · entities · bodies
- individual styleOne's distinctive manner
- individual freedomPersonal autonomy from control
- individual conscienceOne's private moral judgment
- individual rightsFreedoms held by persons
- individual contributionssingle person's gifts
- notable individualsPersons of recognized importance
individual, individually, individuality, individualistic, individualist, individualism, individualize, individualized, individuated