individuals

NOUN

singular person, thing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

child entity human being man party person woman

STRONG

being body character creature dude existence material matter mortal number personage self singleton somebody soul stuff substance type unit

WEAK

something

Antonyms

STRONG

abstract inanimate nothing nothingness one

WEAK

group

Example Sentences

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In Belgium, the site of Goyet yielded the remains of four Neanderthal females and two immature individuals.

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

The company said it does not use facial recognition or other biometric identification technologies to identify individuals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

By the two-year anniversary of the bombing, the full-time task force of 120 investigators—who had interviewed nearly 5,000 individuals and pursued leads in 38 states and three countries—had dwindled to several detectives.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026

The courts have also reduced sentences in some cases where the convicted individuals reported on other offenders.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari