Collocations for character - noun

excellent, exemplary, good, impeccable
generous, gentle, likeable, lovable, popular
colourful/colorful, larger-than-life, lively, real
You must have come across some real characters, working in the circus.

reformed
He used to go out every night, but now he's a reformed character.

complex, elusive, enigmatic, odd
forceful, formidable, strong
weak
volatile
prickly, unpleasant, unsavoury/unsavory
bad, evil, ruthless, violent
dubious, shady, suspicious
Who's that suspicious character hanging around outside?

true
local
The bar was full of interesting local characters.

human
moral
a woman of impeccable moral character

be, have
form, shape
reveal
She revealed her true character when anyone disagreed with her.

conceal, hide
reflect
His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.

trait
defect, flaw
change
She's undergone a complete character change since her promotion.

reference
Applicants had to obtain character references before being considered for the work.

assassination
The lawyer attempted a character assassination of the witness (= tried to show the witness had a bad character).

actor, actress

in sb's character
It's not in his character to tell lies.

out of character
The lawyer argued that his client's violent reaction was out of character.

distinctive, individual, unique
essential, fundamental, intrinsic
original
traditional
The renovated buildings retain their traditional character.

international, national, regional
the features that make up the national character
Food in Italy has a distinct regional character.

intimate
public
the public character of material published on the Internet

military, political
rural, urban
The development detracts from the rural character of the area.

have
Each house in the street has its own distinctive character.

assume, take on
As you move north, the landscape takes on a different character.

form
factors that form the character of a nation

lose
The town has lost much of its original character.

retain
preserve
give sth
It's the basil that gives the sauce its essential character.

in character
The houses are Mediterranean in character.

considerable, great

have
His face has character—I'll say that for it.

add, give sth
the individual touches that give character to a house

of character
buildings of considerable character

full of character
The restaurant is cheap and full of character.

have a character (all) of its own
Your handwriting has a character of its own.

great

show
The team showed great character in coming back to win.

build
Adventure camps are considered to be character-building.

strength of character

central, chief, lead, leading, main, principal, title
minor, supporting
fictional, fictitious
believable, realistic
sympathetic, unsympathetic
comic, heroic, tragic
animated, cartoon

play, portray
The main character is played by Nicole Kidman.

inhabit
The two lead actors inhabit their characters fully.

build, create, develop, invent
the artist who developed the Superman character

feature
The film also features the new character Mary Anna Morrison.

depict, draw
introduce
kill off
The writers killed off her character when she wanted to leave the soap.

development

in character
The actors remained in character to answer questions from the audience.

Chinese, etc.
ASCII, numeric

set, string

insert
delete

set, string