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 Lisa locks Bart, Milhouse, and Nelson in a room and introduces them to her many personalities, some more hostile than others. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt are married. — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026 Saturday Night Live UK‘s cold open took aim at Prime Minister Andy Burnham‘s bean stockpile with some help from a few familiar British TV personalities. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026 After individually deciding to bail on the dinner, the pair run into each other by the valet, and their mutual attraction, despite their vastly different personalities, leads to a spicy evening together. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Doncic’s dueling personalities — the charismatic showman on the court and the reserved personality off it — overlap in his generosity. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The 17th-century Georgian stone building is now Hamilton House, a museum that houses documents from the famous forefather’s early years and features exhibits honoring other Caribbean personalities. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The story is told from the perspective of infant twins with divergent personalities—Rose is unguardedly buoyant, whereas Marigold is watchful and introspective. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 But there is so much more to these characters than their surface personalities. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personalities
  1. celebrities
  2. identities
  3. natures
  4. insults
  5. stars
  6. characters
  7. selves
  8. sarcasms
Noun
  • Catering to VICs and celebrities, Lepire says that her clients are often planning for rarefied parties, and come to Timeless Vixen to source vintage couture pieces that will elevate their look.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • She was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010 and was among the first celebrities honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of celebrities
Noun
  • For Jerick Ladaro, who teaches Filipino-American Studies and Intro to Ethnic Studies at Cesar Chavez High School, the course offers students a chance to better understand their identities and the generations that came before them.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The framers did not foresee the manipulation of maps to intentionally split Americans and their representatives into two disparate political identities.
    — Dan Lipinski, Baltimore Sun, 27 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
  • The incident reportedly started after a group sitting behind McHenry started shouting insults toward Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma about his fiancée, Winnie Harlow.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The debate was somewhat tamer than the two candidates' first faceoff earlier this month, which featured insults and interruptions in virtually every answer.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of insults
Noun
  • That’s despite the series missing arguably the game’s biggest stars.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer has attracted some big names in recent years including Hollywood stars Kieran Culkin and Josh Hartnett last year.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of stars
Noun
  • Pair a winning culture of a respected NBA franchise with a top five talent like Giannis Antetokounmpo and blockbuster is supposed to happen, if the main characters stay healthy, everyone buys in, and the sports Gods are kind.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Although the book includes a disclaimer that all its characters, apart from a brief appearance by Belmonte, are fictional, its protagonist is transparently based on Manolete, who had been fatally gored in 1947.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of characters
Noun
  • In his solo show, South Florida dancer/choreographer Randolph Ward is ready to bare it all—his art, his many selves, and, at one point, his body as testimony.
    — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While exercise, food, and sleep are paramount to a good game, fashion also helps many of the players feel their best selves, and Towns is one of several stylish Knicks.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 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 28 Oct. 2026.

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