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

On July 26, a hiker reported finding two bodies on the glacier in southern Switzerland, near the Italian border, the regional police in Wallis canton said in a statement. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

The team used a technique called metabolomics to measure small molecules circulating in the blood, providing a biochemical snapshot of how the astronauts' bodies — and the microbes living inside them — were responding to spaceflight. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The planes, for example, will cool their heels in the desert of Arizona, where the weather is more hospitable to their corrosion-prone bodies. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Academic Medicine’s Place in the Process The path from a mere observation to a real change in patient care involves basic researchers, clinical investigators, academic health centers, regulatory bodies, and the patients who participate in trials. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

The couple’s bodies were discovered on the kitchen floor of their Atwater Township home by a neighbor who noticed their lawn mower had been in front of their home for several days. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Xander literally split into his good and bad qualities, Faith and Buffy, already foils, swapping bodies, the Buffybot, Joan the Vampire Slayer, and so on—and doubling is of course a classic literary trope. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

The same goes for thousands of other ministries and public bodies in these and other advanced democracies. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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