personal

per-son-al · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else.

  2. 2.

    Private; not to be shared with others.

  3. 3.

    Done or made by a particular person.

  4. 4.

    Relating to a person's body or physical being.

  5. 5.

    Directed against a person's character rather than their actions or arguments.

Related words

Antonyms: general, impersonal, public
See also: individual, person, personality, private
Synonyms: individual, intimate, private

Etymology

From Old French personal, from Late Latin personalis meaning "of or pertaining to a person," from Latin persona meaning "person." The word entered English in the 14th century.