individual

Meanings

Noun

• A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
• A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
• An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
• An element belonging to a population.

Adjective

• Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
• Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
• Not divisible without losing its identity.

Related

Similar words

• single, self-standing
• personal, single

Opposite words

• collective
• group, joint, shared

Origin

• From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum, neuter of indīviduus, from in + dīviduus, from dīvidō.