The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

played the character of Caesar. 6 eccentric, card, Colloq
oddball, nut, nutter, loony, bat, weirdo, nutcase, screwball,
crackpot, fruit cake, Australian and old-fashioned Brit cove:
She was regarded as quite a character because of her many
strange habits. 7 role, position, status, capacity: He assumes
the character of a Dutch uncle when he speaks to me. 8 in
character. fitting, proper, suitable, in keeping, typical,
normal, expected, characteristic: It is completely in character
for Len to criticize everything he encounters. 9 out of
character. untypical, atypical, uncharacteristic, abnormal,
unexpected, unfitting: It would be out of character for Janet
to refuse help to someone in need.
characteristic
adj. 1 typical, representative; emblematic, symbolic,
distinctive, idiosyncratic, symptomatic: How characteristic it
is of them to refuse to go to the dance! These subjects are
characteristic of the early Impressionists.
--n. 2 mark, trait, attribute, feature, quality, property,
peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, character, earmark: It is a
characteristic of bees to swarm.
characterize
v. delineate, describe, portray, depict, represent, define,
brand, label, mark, note, identify: She has consistently
characterized him as a buffoon. 'Virago' is the term that would
best characterize Felicity.
charade n. travesty, absurdity, mockery, farce, parody: He has made a
charade of what could have been a serious relationship.
charge n. 1 load, burden, weight, onus, impediment; care, concern,
obligation: She feared that she would become a charge on her
children. 2 price, fee, cost: What is the charge for
admission? 3 debt, debit, expense, assessment, liability: Any
charge against the estate of the deceased will be paid in full.
4 care, custody, protection, guardianship, wardship,
supervision, jurisdiction, control, responsibility, safe
keeping: We left the children in the charge of Nanny and Nanny
in charge of the children. 5 order, mandate, injunction,
precept, command, dictate, direction, instruction, demand,
exhortation: The judge's charge to the jury was to ignore the