BODIES Synonyms: 260 Similar and Opposite Words

bodies 1 of 2

noun

plural of body

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

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as in masses

a distinct and separate portion of matter to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

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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

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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

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as in men

a member of the human race the most intelligent body in this entire place

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as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a body of security men accompany the president at all times

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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

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The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
As in post-Qaddafi Libya, a fresh round of civil war could break out as different factions, backed by different countries, fight for the upper hand.

John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

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