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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or belonging to a particular individual, and often not for other people to share, be concerned with, or see.
Why are you so interested in my personal affairs?The diary was filled with her personal thoughts.His personal bodyguard travels with him everywhere.My personal health habits include exercising every day.
- synonyms:
- private
- antonyms:
- common, general, public
- similar words:
- confidential, individual, internal, intimate, own, particular, secret, single
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| definition 2: |
of, pertaining to, or belonging to a particular individual rather than a business or other institution.
We have both a personal account and a business account at our bank.Do you have an accountant do your personal taxes?We're not allowed to make personal phone calls during work.- similar words:
- private
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| definition 3: |
intended to disparage a specific person.
He made inappropriate personal comments about certain female staff members.- synonyms:
- familiar, intimate
- similar words:
- deprecatory, derogatory, nasty, offensive
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| definition 4: |
of or relating to the body or health.
He needs to pay more attention to his personal hygiene.Personal care products are down this aisle on your left.- synonyms:
- bodily, corporeal, physical
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| definition 5: |
done for or to a specific person.
I wonder if you could do me a personal favor.Our store prides itself on personal service.- antonyms:
- impersonal
- similar words:
- individual, particular, single, special
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| definition 6: |
done in person.
A number of famous singers made personal appearances at the fair.- similar words:
- in person
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| related words: |
private |
| contrasting words: |
business, corporate |
adverb + (adj.)personal
deeply, intensely, purely
(adj.)personal
+ noun
accomplishment,
account,
achievement,
agenda,
ambition,
appearance,
assistant,
attack,
attribute,
autonomy,
bankruptcy,
belief,
belongings,
bias,
characteristic,
chef,
commitment,
communication,
computer,
conduct,
connection,
contact,
conviction,
correspondence,
diary,
dignity,
distress,
efficacy,
encounter,
exemption,
experience,
expression,
favorite,
feeling,
finance,
fitness,
fortune,
freedom,
friendship,
fulfillment,
gain,
growth,
habit,
happiness,
hygiene,
identification,
identity,
income,
information,
injury,
integrity,
interaction,
involvement,
item,
jurisdiction,
liberty,
life,
loyalty,
matter,
morality,
motivation,
motive,
narrative,
observation,
opinion,
philosophy,
possession,
preference,
privacy,
productivity,
property,
quest,
reflection,
relationship,
responsibility,
sacrifice,
satisfaction,
shopper,
stake,
style,
taste,
touch,
tragedy,
trainer,
trait,
transformation,
vendetta,
watercraft,
wealth,
well-being
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The word personal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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