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Noun: individual  `indu'vij(oo)ul
  1. A human being
    - person, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
     
  2. A single organism
Adjective: individual  `indu'vij(oo)ul
  1. Being or characteristic of a single thing or person
    "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
    - single
     
  2. Separate and distinct from others of the same kind
    "mark the individual pages"
    - case-by-case, item-by-item
     
  3. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
    "an individual serving"
    - single
     
  4. Concerning one person exclusively
    "we all have individual cars"
    - private

Derived forms: individuals

See also: idiosyncratic, independent, individualism, individualist, individualistic, individuality, individualize, individuation, man-to-man, one-on-one, personal, respective, separate, several, singular, unshared, various

Type of: being, causal agency, causal agent, cause, organism

Antonym: common

Part of: people

Encyclopedia: Individual Individual, Individuality