Overview of noun individual

The noun individual has 2 senses

• person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")


• individual -- (a single organism)

Overview of adj individual

The adj individual has 4 senses

• individual, single -- (being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways")


• individual, case-by-case, item-by-item -- (separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis")


• individual, single -- (characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed")


• individual, private -- (concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath")