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Collocations for individual - noun

ADJECTIVE

outstanding, talented
key
powerful
creative
average, normal, ordinary
The average individual watches around three hours of television per day.
private
He was carrying out his functions as a trustee in the course of his business, rather than as a private individual.
single
certain, particular
The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time.
autonomous, independent
His philosophy is about becoming aware of oneself as an autonomous individual.
isolated
Society does not consist of isolated individuals, but people in a network of relationships.
rare, unique
She saw the artist as a unique individual, possessing a heightened awareness of reality.
like-minded
a group of like-minded individuals
named
accusations of racism against named individuals
qualified
We welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals.
healthy, infected
wealthy
donations from wealthy individuals
human
We know that all human individuals are unique.

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… OF INDIVIDUALS

class, group
She had taken a group of individuals and made them into a superb team.

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VERB + individual

treat sb as
The teacher should treat each student as an individual.

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individual + VERB

differ, vary
Although individuals vary widely, the bones of the average female skeleton are smaller and lighter than the male.

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PHRASES

no one individual, no single individual
No single individual had done so much for the development of the motor vehicle.
any one individual, any single individual
The needs of the community outweigh those of any single individual.
the freedom of the individual, the rights of the individual
the issue of the freedom of the individual versus the intervention of the state
the individual concerned
It's up to the individual concerned to contact the police.
the needs of the individual
Each course has to be tailored to the needs of the individual.
respect for the individual
vary from individual to individual
Eating habits are bound to vary from individual to individual.

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Collocations for individual - adj.

Individual is used with these nouns:
account, accountability, achievement, advancement, assessment, attention, autonomy, category, character, characteristic, choice, client, component, conscience, consciousness, consumer, consumption, contribution, counselling, creativity, desire, discipline, enterprise, entrepreneur, event, expression, fitness, freedom, grievance, help, heroism, identity, ingredient, initiative, instruction, investor, item, lesson, liberty, look, member, membership, merit, mind, module, molecule, motivation, need, participant, participation, peculiarity, perception, personality, portion, preference, privacy, property, psychology, pursuit, quality, recognition, reply, requirement, response, responsibility, right, salvation, score, self, self-interest, shareholder, soul, sport, strand, strength, style, subscription, suffering, talent, taste, teaching, therapy, touch, training, trait, tuition, tutorial, unit, vote, will, work

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