personalities

noun

plural of personality
1
as in celebrities
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about a local television personality who is beloved by area residents

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2
as in identities
the set of qualities that make a person different from other people she's got a great personality

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3
as in natures
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others it has never been in the nation's personality to adhere to a rigid class system

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4
as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings every debate that was supposedly about the issues quickly degenerated into a juvenile exchange of personalities

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Recent Examples of personalities The film comes amidst an onslaught of new movies, both narrative and documentary, centered on tech personalities. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 How much of your actual personalities is in these characters? — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Portnoy had been part of Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff crew for just over a year before he and Barstool’s other personalities were removed this weekend, claiming that complaints stemming from Ohio State coach Ryan Day led to the split. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Romo was arrested in July on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Wisconsin, a moment that stained his image as the aw-shucks, clean-cut football star who has become one of the best on-air personalities in the game. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Bitcoin leadership at that point appeared to be riven by infighting and strong personalities. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Fans can now get their sports news from a motley crew of formats and personalities, ranging from social media personalities and podcasters to YouTube channels and streamers. — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Mason said experts in her field do not deny the existence of authoritarian personalities on the left, but ended up developing other, less partisan scales including one based on people's values for raising children. — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The designs draw inspiration from the unique personalities of the Dashwood sisters, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles in the film directed by Georgia Oakley. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personalities
  1. celebrities
  2. identities
  3. natures
  4. insults
  5. stars
  6. characters
  7. selves
  8. sarcasms
Noun
  • For all of this and more, multi-generational families, married couples celebrating milestone anniversaries, and celebrities looking for privacy and discretion flock here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Chaos unfolds as 24 celebrities head to a lakeside cabin to compete in a lineup of bonkers challenges.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of celebrities
Noun
  • The identities of several of the other nannies caught on camera engaging in the abuse are not known to law enforcement, according to Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon has refused to release the identities of those killed in the strikes since last year.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of identities
Noun
  • Dark matter and dark energy, also not yet directly observed, together are the source of the vast majority of energy in the universe, but their physical natures are unknown.
    — Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Create characters built around lifepaths, natures, clan traits, and merits.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of natures
Noun
  • A lot of that is studying how dry bone, fresh bone, bone that is exposed to different types of forces will react to different types of insults.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of insults
Noun
  • The report singles out Japan, women’s competitions and homegrown stars as the areas most likely to draw competing bids.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Eight years after Crazy Rich Asians made history as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature an all-Asian cast, the movie’s stars are reprising their roles for a series heading to HBO.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of stars
Noun
  • What’s made this franchise so beloved has been its willingness to go on that journey with its young characters, maturing and deepening and changing without losing that initial childlike sense of hope and joy.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Wearable sensors could aid therapy The researchers envision garments that let users control video game characters or operate robots remotely.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of characters
Noun
  • And his relatives in turn gave notes to the actors playing their younger selves and were encouraged to interrogate Ba as his coming-of-age story was dramatized.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This time, after being four outs from stealing Game 1 before faltering, then pulling off an epic Game 2 win, the Phillies reverted to their worst selves in Game 3.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of selves
Noun
  • First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of sarcasms

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“Personalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personalities. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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