personality, 1. identity, self, ego, character, makeup, psyche, essence, nature, traits; mind, disposition, temperament, stripe, spirit, humor, affection.
2. individuality, distinctness, separateness, difference, definiteness, distinction, particularity, originality, uniqueness; personal identity, particularism, specialness.
3. person. See - person (def. 1).
4. charisma, charm, magnetism; attraction, personal force or power, drawing power, winning ways, taking ways; likability, pleasantness.
5. celebrity, SI. celeb, star, superstar, headliner. See - personage (def. 1).
personalize, v. 1. take personally, be subjective, define or explain in terms of oneself; take upon oneself, take the weight of the world on one's shoulders.
2. personify, embody, typify, represent; name, denote, designate; individualize, particularize, individuate, make special or unique, distingush; define, differentiate, separate, characterize, set apart or set off, mark off, make individual, make distinctive.
3. earmark, hallmark, give one's personal touch; initial, monogram, brand, stamp with one's own brand, mark or have marked as one's own, label, tag, sign, SI. tag with one's moniker.
personally, adv. 1. as a person, for oneself, for one's part, from one's own viewpoint, in one's own view, as far as one is concerned, from where one stands or sits, in one's own consideration, as one sees it.
2. privately, individually, particularly, specially, especially, specifically, expressly, individualistically, idiosyncratically, in one's own way or style, characteristically.
3. in person, on one's own, Inf. in the flesh; without anyone else, by oneself, alone, independently, under one's own power, Inf. all by one's lonesome, Inf. on one's own say-so.
personate, v. 1. act, portray, play, playact, perform; represent, depict, play or perform a role, take a part, create a role or character; make believe, act out, enact; interpret, characterize, read, delineate, draw, paint, sketch, render; project, realize or develop a character, throw oneself into a part or role.
2. impersonate, assume the guise of, appear as, pretend to be, take the part or place of, assume the role or character of, do a study or characterization of, masquerade as, mask oneself as, take on the coloration of, represent oneself as; pass for, be taken as, pass, go as; imitate, mirror, reflect, represent, ape, take off, do a takeoff of or on, Inf. do a number on, do an impression of; mimic, mock, parody, caricature, burlesque; monkey, parrot, echo, simulate, SI. make like.
3. personify, embody, exemplify, incarnate; bring to life, breathe life into.
personation, n. 1. role, part, portrayal, performance, representation, characterization, interpretation, reading; delineation, sketching, rendering; acting, playacting, playing, performing, taking a role or part, Inf. doing a turn or bit; (all of a role) projection, realization, development, immersion.
2. impersonation, disguise, pretense, posing, masquerade, misrepresentation; imitation, mime, mimicry, pantomime, parody, simulation, caricature, burlesque; copying, mocking, making fun of, parroting, mimicking, aping.
3. personification, embodiment, incarnation,
personator, n. 1. actor, performer, player, trouper, stage player, playactor, role player, thespian, Roscian, histrio, histrion, mime, pantomime, pantomimist, per-sonifier; mimic.
2. impersonator, pretender, imitator, masquerader, master of disguise, man of a thousand faces; poseur, fake, fraud, sham, charlatan, Inf. phony; deceiver, bamboozler, trickster, deceiver, deluder, misrepre-senter; impostor, Inf. ringer, wolf in sheep's clothing