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Definition of individual : 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
2. An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
3. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
4. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
5. The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.

Synonyms:

psyche, person, include, unmarried, undivided, exclusive, someone, case-by-case, private, somebody, typical, soulfulness, soul, item-by-item, vintage, discrete, same, mortal

sole, single, solitary, unique, only, singular, odd, lone

fragmentary, detached, disaffiliated, alienated, disassembled, sundered, dissociated, distinctive, disjoint, distinct, collective, separate, unrelated, unaffiliated, especial, disconnected, secluded, alone, reserved, indivisible, severed, public, unglued, proper, disintegrated, own, independent, autonomous, select, original

definite, quirky, feature, special, specific, characteristic, different, particular, precise, specialized, keynote, hallmark, peculiar, discriminating, distinguishing, idiosyncratic

partial, personal, subjective, partisan, arbitrary

uncommon, unusual

Usage examples:

• We place the individual in the class because the proposition is true; the proposition is not true because the object is placed in the class. - "A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)", John Stuart Mill.
• Each individual stands on his or her own two feet and makes an effort at least to go where he or she will find the most happiness. - "Happiness and Marriage", Elizabeth (Jones) Towne.
• He should point to each individual and say, 'Thou art the man. - "Humanly Speaking", Samuel McChord Crothers.