Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z person An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. persona A social role. personability The quality of being personable. personable Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome. personableness The quality of being personable. personably In a personable manner. personage A person, especially one who is famous or important. personal Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals). personalia All the personal belongings, writings and information of an individual. personalism The character of being personal. personalist An advocate of personalism. personalistic Relating to personalism. personality Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. personalityless Devoid of personality. personalitylessness Absence of personality. personalitylike Resembling or characteristic of a personality. personalitywise In terms of personality. personalizability The quality of being personalizable. personalizable That can be personalized. personalization The act of personalizing something, or adapting it for somebody's needs or tastes. personalize To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual. personalized Adapted to the needs of an individual. personalizer One who or that personalizes. personally In a personal manner. personalness The state of being personal personals Personal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns. personalty Any property that is movable; that is, not real estate. personalzine A fanzine produced by a single person, often covering that person's own interests and activities. personate To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate. personately In a personate manner. personating An act of impersonation. personation The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character personative Portraying a person or persons. personator One who personates. personed Having a specified kind or number of people. personeity personality personhood The state or period of being a person. personhunt A manhunt. personid Any member of the family Personidae of molluscs. personifiable Able to be personified. personificate To personify. personification A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. personificative That personifies; anthropomorphic. personificator One who personifies; a personifier. personifier A person who personifies personify To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. personifying Personification. personish Like or characteristic of a person; somewhat personlike. personism An ethical philosophy of personhood according to which rights are conferred on a creature to the extent that it is a person. personist A believer in personism. personization personification personize To personify. personkind People as a whole. personless Without a person (an individual). personlessness Absence of people. personlike Resembling a person; personly. personly Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike. personnel Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc. personnelist Personnel manager, human resources manager personnelman Someone (of any gender) serving in the United States Navy. personness The state, quality, or condition of a person; personality; individuality; personhood; personableness. personocentric Humane; Expressing care towards any individual and guaranteeing its rights. personocracy A more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority. personogenic Formative of a type of person or personality. personological Of or relating to personology. personologically In terms of personology. personologist One who studies personology. personology A theory of personality psychology advanced by Henry Murray and others. personpower Manpower; workforce. persons A surname originating as a patronymic. personship Synonym of personhood. persoonia A plant of the genus Persoonia. persoonol A particular resorcinolic lipid. Persophile A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of Iran. Persophilia A love or admiration of Persia, Iran, or Persian culture; Iranophilia Persophobe Iranophobe Persophobia Synonym of Iranophobia. Persophobic Iranophobic persophone Persian-speaking Persosphere Synonym of Iranosphere. perspection contemplation; scrutiny perspectival Of or pertaining to perspective. perspectivalization The act of causing to become perspectival. perspectivation The assignment of a particular perspective to a narrative through the use of language. perspective A view, vista or outlook. perspectiveless Without perspective. perspectivelessness Lack of perspective. perspectively By means of perspective; in perspective. perspectivic Of or pertaining to perspective. perspectivism The philosophical view that all perception always takes place from a specific perspective. perspectivist A proponent of perspectivism. perspectivistic Relating to perspectivism. perspectivistically In a perspectivistic manner. perspectivity The formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point. perspectivization Synonym of perspectivation. perspectograph A specialized instrument used to render objects in perspective, available in a range of shapes and sizes. perspectography The science, art, or study of drawing in perspective. perspectometer An instrument used in making perspective drawings, eliminating the need for construction of the squares on the perspective when applying the method of squares. perspex Plexiglas perspicable discernible perspicacious Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive. perspicaciously With the power of seeing or understanding clearly; quick-sightedly; with sharp of sight. perspicaciousness Perspicacity. perspicacity Acute discernment or understanding; insight. perspicacy perspicacity perspicience The act of looking sharply; keen vision. perspicil An optical glass; a telescope. perspicuity Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous. perspicuous Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid. perspicuously With clarity and lucidity. perspicuousness The state or characteristic of being perspicuous; perspicuity. perspirability The quality or state of being perspirable. perspirable Capable of being perspired. perspirant Any substance that induces perspiration. perspirate Sweaty; moist with perspiration. perspiration The action or process of perspiring. perspirative Performing the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory. perspiratory Of or pertaining to perspiration. perspire To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. perspirer A person who perspires (sweats). perspiring Producing perspiration; sweating. perspiringly While perspiring; with perspiration or sweat. perspiry sweaty Persse A surname transferred from the given name. perstat (The condition under discussion) persists. perstraction A separation process in which a solution is permeated through a membrane and subsequently extracted with a solvent perstringe To censure; criticize. persuadability The quality of being persuadable. persuadable Able to be persuaded (convinced). persuadableness The quality of being persuadable; persuadability. persuadably In such a way that one may be persuaded. persuade To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. persuadedness The quality of being persuaded or convinced. persuadee One who is persuaded. persuader One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. persuading persuasive persuadingly persuasively persuasibility The condition of being persuasible persuasible persuadable persuasibleness The quality of being persuasible. persuasibly Synonym of persuadably. persuasion The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. persuasive Able to persuade; convincing. persuasively In a manner intended to convince or persuade. persuasiveness The capability of a person or argument to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking. persuasory Persuasive. persubstituted substituted at all available positions persufflation The technique of gently streaming oxygenated air through the blood vessels of a chilled organ for the purpose of organ preservation. persulfate Any of several oxyanions (and their associated salts) that have peroxide units linked to one or more sulfur atoms persulfidated reacted with a persulfide; subjected to persulfidation