Definition of "avatar" in English

noun

1. (Hinduism) An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.

2. The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.

3. (Internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

4. (Internet, video games) A simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in nonvirtual, nonmetaversal ones.