personage

noun

ˈpərs-nij How to pronounce personage (audio)
Definition of personagenext
1
as in celebrity
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about personages from the fields of sports and entertainment will be special guests at the political convention

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2
as in person
a member of the human race these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description

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Recent Examples of personage Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs. — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025 Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time. — Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025 But true San Diego historians will tell you that Rose, a German Jewish immigrant who in the 1880s came west from New Orleans, then Texas, was a pioneering personage. — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 Everyone here is a personage, but only these two are phenomena. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for personage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personage
  1. celebrity
  2. person
  3. personality
  4. man
  5. star
  6. life
  7. dignitary
  8. guy
Noun
  • Swift appeared on Norton’s BBC show – which famously has an eclectic mix of celebrity guests each week — last October, appearing alongside Gleeson, Lee, Turner-Smith, Murphy and Capaldi.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • With celebrity guests arriving in droves to celebrate the grand opening party, excitement is at an all-time high, but so are the expectations.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of celebrity
Noun
  • Meanwhile, America is now in the war, and veteran Adam is seemingly the only person in Salinas who realizes that this isn’t necessarily a noble thing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Now suppose the group of 300 proposes its own three-person slate.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of person
Noun
  • Useful feedback can sharpen the execution without flattening the personality.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Besties in Haunted High will debut globally on October 13 comprising six 30-minute episodes, following the online personalities as their school’s empty Halloween dance turns into a nightmare.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of personality
Noun
  • For men, the collection includes utility Bermuda shorts, striped shirts, knitwear, sweatshirts, graphic T-shirts and raglan-sleeve shirts.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In the 1960s, military leaders discovered that nearly one-third of young men were unfit for service because of conditions rooted in childhood poverty, poor health care, and limited educational opportunities.
    — Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of man
Noun
  • There’s also a large firepit for cuddling up under the stars with a cocktail or two.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Thomas is also betting big on his own go-to-market skills, having led the digital expansion of Dude Wipes over the last five years, as well as his partner’s star power and the brand’s custom formulas, which present a uniquely floral scent.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of star
Noun
  • Lithium-ion is typically replaced or augmented every seven to ten years, at 8,000 to 10,000 cycles, and an Aqueous Metal Cell installation is designed to run the full life of the project around it.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than insisting that these whales continue with their life, which is a human decision, perhaps they should be allowed to die gracefully and respectfully on their own.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of life
Noun
  • The pop-up was up for three days to coincide with United Nations general assembly meeting, which saw the convergence of world leaders, dignitaries and CEOs on the city.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Her decision to work with a designer from a visiting dignitary’s home country is a practice that some first ladies have adopted in the past for state visits.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of dignitary
Noun
  • This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The bad guy has guessed his secret identity and now holds our hero at gunpoint.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of guy

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“Personage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personage. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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