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

A little more than two hours after the 911 call, with a regional SWAT team and Cowley County sheriff’s deputies joining the standoff, authorities breached the home and found the bodies, DeLong said. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

According to the medical examiner's office, the bodies were improperly stored at the funeral home and were in various states of decomposition at the time. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

No matter their successes, their bodies are still seen as failures in the eyes of society. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Titan is the only world besides Earth known to have stable bodies of liquid on its surface. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

Still, regional bodies are undeniably important for weak states. — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Khan said the team used shovels to dig through the snow and pull out the bodies one by one. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Urban areas and neighborhoods near bodies of water like creeks and streams should also prepare for a flash flood risk Tuesday into Wednesday. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

For years, governing bodies dragged their feet, attempting to appease bad-faith critics while female athletes paid the price. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026