Dictionary Definition
personal adj
1 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" [ant: impersonal]
2 particular to a given individual
3 of or arising from personality; "personal
magnetism"
4 intimately concerning a person's body or
physical being; "personal hygiene"
5 indicating grammatical person; "personal verb
endings" n : a short newspaper article about a particular person or
group
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) /ˈpɜ:.sən.əl/, /"p3:.s@n.@l/
- (US)
Extensive Definition
Personal means "of or
pertaining to a person, or belonging to a person in some way", for
example:
Personal may also refer
to:
- Personal advertisement - an ad, like a classified ad, generally meant to find romance or friendship
- Telecom Personal, a mobile phone company in Argentina and Paraguay
- Personal, the first album from
singer-songwriter Quique
González
- "Personal", the first single from that album
- The Personals, a 1998 short film
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absolute, actual, adverse, anonymous, belittling, bodily, bosom, certain, close, closet, concrete, critical, dear, defined, definite, deprecating, derogatory, detailed, determinate, different, disparaging, distinct, distinguished, esoteric, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, familiar, fixed, idiosyncratic, in person,
in the flesh, incognito, individual, inmost, inner, innermost, insulting, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, live, minute, noteworthy, offensive, particular, peculiar, physical, precise, private, privy, respective, retired, secluded, sequestered, several, singular, slighting, solipsistic, special, specific, unfriendly, withdrawn