person: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with P · ends with N
Meaning of person
noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Example: Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Any sapient or socially intelligent being.
Listed forms: people, persons.
Source: Wiktionary — person.
verb
- gender-neutral, transitive
To man, to supply with staff or crew.
- obsolete, transitive
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
Listed forms: persons, personing, personning, personed, personned.
Source: Wiktionary — person.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for person.
noun
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is person in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of person
P(3) + E(1) + R(1) + S(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of person
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from person
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