Synonyms of bodies

bodies 1 of 2

noun

plural of body

1

as in weights

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weights
• cores
• masses
• bulks
• chiefs
• staples
• majorities
• substances
• essences
• mains
• burdens
• bottoms
• hearts
• generalities
• natures
• wholes
• roots
• entireties
• souls
• centers
• amounts
• brunts
• subjects
• meats
• matters
• foci
• sums
• kernels
• nuclei
• hefts
• aggregates
• totals
• stuff
• seats
• middles
• topics
• themes
• texts
• quanta
• totalities
• hubs
• affairs
• marrows
• nuts
• arguments
• essentialities
• pitches
• motifs
• piths
• sum totals
• points
• nubs
• quintessences
• gists
• purports
• cruxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• components
• parts
• accessories
• extensions
• sections
• appendages
• constituents
• ingredients
• pieces
• segments
• divisions
• adjuncts
• offshoots
• sides
• aspects
• features
• qualities
• angles
• facets

2

as in masses

a distinct and separate portion of matter

to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masses
• quantities
• amounts
• objects
• things
• volumes
• items
• substances
• materials
• aggregates
• quanta
• bulks
• stuff
• wholes
• totalities
• entireties

3

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group

feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factions
• parties
• sides
• wings
• teams
• coalitions
• sects
• blocs
• movements
• sets
• blocks
• denominations
• splinters
• crews
• gangs
• splits
• packs
• caucuses
• persuasions
• schisms
• scissions

4

as in communities

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• communities
• networks
• circles
• crowds
• cliques
• bunches
• packs
• organizations
• gangs
• clans
• folds
• clubs
• coteries
• covens
• tribes
• societies
• sets
• rings
• communes
• lots
• galères
• guilds
• colleges
• elites
• squads
• factions
• camps
• fraternities
• klatches
• sides
• leagues
• in-groups
• brotherhoods
• sects
• coalitions
• fellowships
• federations
• unions
• sororities
• blocs
• closed shops
• charmed circles
• alliances
• messes
• councils
• confederations
• sodalities
• sisterhoods
• congresses
• orders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualists
• loners

5

as in men

a member of the human race

the most intelligent body in this entire place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• men
• lives
• guys
• people
• creatures
• things
• individuals
• souls
• birds
• humans
• beings
• babies
• specimens
• fish
• customers
• eggs
• parties
• characters
• ducks
• mortals
• personages
• faces
• human beings
• personalities
• sorts
• bods
• scouts
• devils
• cookies
• heads
• wights
• stiffs
• fellows
• sons of man
• slobs
• selves
• neighbors
• brothers
• humanoids
• celebrities
• hominids
• homos
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• brutes
• critters
• beasties

6

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a body of security men accompany the president at all times

Synonyms & Similar Words

• groups
• groupings
• batches
• clusters
• bands
• bunches
• lots
• crops
• teams
• batteries
• arrays
• crews
• organizations
• parties
• constellations
• platoons
• clutches
• consorts
• collectives
• schools
• battalions
• circles
• parcels
• squadrons
• knots
• brigades
• congregations
• gatherings
• gangs
• assemblies
• passels
• boodles
• cliques
• huddles
• posses
• factions
• the whole kit and caboodle
• sects
• federations
• rounds
• outfits
• task forces
• clans
• fellowships
• coteries
• guilds
• unions
• rings
• sets
• coalitions
• blocs
• alliances
• musters
• leagues
• confederations
• phalanxes
• confederacies
• orders
• broods
• bevies
• coveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individuals
• singles

bodies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of body

as in embodies

to represent in visible form

abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embodies
• expresses
• incorporates
• manifests
• symbolizes
• incarnates
• personifies
• exemplifies
• realizes
• externalizes
• illustrates
• materializes
• epitomizes
• instantiates
• images
• personalizes
• substantiates
• concretizes
• actualizes
• objectifies
• typifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembodies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bodies

Noun

Most people have some intuitive sense that their bodies operate on a daily clock. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

High-glycemic foods, such as white breads, pastas and sugars, are easily converted to usable energy and trigger our bodies to store calories, Ludwig said. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

While every effort should be made to ensure qualified providers are the ones seeing patients, a crowded landscape of governing bodies at the helm doesn’t necessarily improve that. — John Bou, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The Brown Act guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies, including those held online. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

Shared excitement and a vibrant social atmosphere — like all those bodies packed into the Power & Light District for watch parties — create chances for real-life connections that dating apps can’t. — Lisa Gutierrez july 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house. — CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Archaeologists have reported that some skeletons were positioned facing northeast with bronze objects placed near the bodies, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 July 2026

The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted a suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and advised Olympic sports bodies to end a three-year program vetting Russian athletes for neutral status. — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026