Nouns

(n)fictional character, fictitious character, characteran imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)“she is the main character in the novel”
(n)quality, character, lineamenta characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something“each town has a quality all its own”, “the radical character of our demands”
(n)character, fiber, fibrethe inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions“education has for its object the formation of character” (Herbert Spencer)
(n)character, role, theatrical role, part, personaan actor's portrayal of someone in a play“she played the part of Desdemona”
(n)character, eccentric, type, casea person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)“a real character”, “a strange character”, “a friendly eccentric”, “the capable type”, “a mental case”
(n)charactergood repute“he is a man of character”
(n)character, reference, character referencea formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”
(n)character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbola written symbol that is used to represent speech“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”
(n)character(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

Verbs

(v)characterengrave or inscribe characters on