avatars
- 1Plural of avatar.
Users can customize their avatars with new outfits and accessories.
Ancient texts recount the various avatars through which the deity intervened in human affairs.
Note
One ordinary plural in -s serves every meaning of the noun, and the surrounding words sort them out. Followed by of and a god's name, avatars are incarnations, as in the avatars of Vishnu. Followed by an abstraction, they are embodiments of an idea. In online talk the word covers both full digital figures moving through virtual worlds and the small, nearly static pictures that stand beside a username.
avatars is a form of avatar
avatar, noun: A simple, static digital image that represents a person online, often used as a profile token outside virtual worlds. Full entry
- Forms
- avataravatars plural
- Spelling
- avatar → avatars: add -s
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with avatars, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.