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

The clinic is affiliated with the ISHRS and FUE Europe, two of the specialty’s professional bodies. — Burak Onal, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Currently untitled, the film revolves around a man with muscular dystrophy (Way) who swap bodies with his burly caregiver with hilarious consequences. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Details are still under wraps, but the film will center on a man with muscular dystrophy (Way) and his burly caregiver who swap bodies with hilarious consequences. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

The Sorbalo family Almost 300 people have donated to transport the three victims’ bodies home to the Portland, Oregon, area. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026

The still-untitled feature centers on a man with muscular dystrophy (Way) and his burly caregiver who swap bodies. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

One video shows a victim receiving CPR; another shows people carrying away the bodies of those killed. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026

For a program that runs across the Treasury, the IRS and the custodian, bodies that do not always talk to each other, that monthly check matters even more. — Ashok Paudel, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

But that’s another position where teams can’t have too many bodies. — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026