Definition of PERSONAL

personal

Meanings

Plural: personals

Noun

  • a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
  • An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
  • One's own property or asset

Adjective

  • concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
    • "a personal favor"
    • "for your personal use"
    • "personal papers"
    • "I have something personal to tell you"
    • "a personal God"
    • "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"
  • of or arising from personality
    • "personal magnetism"
  • indicating grammatical person
    • "personal verb endings"

Adjective Satellite

  • particular to a given individual
  • intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
    • "personal hygiene"

Adj

  • Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  • Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
  • Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
  • Intended for sexual use.
  • Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
  • Done in person; without an intermediary.
  • Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
  • Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
  • Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.
  • Denoting ownership.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

Antonyms

impersonal

Scrabble Score: 10

personal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
personal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
personal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

personal is a valid Words With Friends word