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personal

/ˈpɜɹ.sə.nəl/noun, adjective3 syllables

Personal means: concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality.

Synonyms for personal15

adjective, as in concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

ad hominem, face-to-face, individual, private, individualized, individualised, personalized, personalised, in-person, in the flesh, own, ain, person-to-person, intimate

adjective, as in intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

physical

Opposites of personal

impersonal

What does personal mean?5

adjective

1

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality“a personal favor”

2

intimately concerning a person's body or physical being“personal hygiene”

3

of or arising from personality“personal magnetism”

4

indicating grammatical person“personal verb endings”

noun

1

a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Personal in a sentence

  • The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.CK
  • For example, you don't need a personal seal to collect a parcel.blay_paul
  • Because the personal computer here cannot change the system, nothing can be done.unknown
  • I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they are personal pronouns.Balamax
  • I know that in professional life, personal feelings should be put aside.vijaysharma
  • Character is not formed through elegant speech, but rather through work and personal achievement.feyero
  • In accordance with our agreement, he stopped asking me personal questions.Lepotdeterre
  • To purchase a ticket, you need to enter your personal details.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of personal

as a noun

plural
personals