BODS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

bods

noun

plural of bod, British

as in guys

a member of the human race I know several bods who work on Fleet Street

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Noun

The guys who supposedly figured out how to travel across the ocean better than any NFL team before them.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
No, not Dakota, and not one of her top-three guys from The Bachelorette.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

Founder David Vargas coaches members — the gym is men-only — on everything from their diets to their relationships with their families.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026
Three years later, Wuornos began her killing spree, fatally shooting seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Tragedies aside, some decent people lead happy lives and many do not; some wicked people suffer and many do not.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
So while high-dimensional spheres might not exist in the physical world, our digital lives run more smoothly because of them.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
These were pretty innocuous in the grand scheme of things, but were hanging as a PR headache for Ferrari heading to its home race.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

The seagrape trees and dunes offer a chance for wildlife lovers to spot plenty of birds along with other creatures that call these beaches home, and the water is exceptionally calm for an Atlantic shore.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
And then in Book 2, that attraction that the creatures have to him in the magical world of Gilmouria becomes stronger.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of creatures

Noun

The bodies of six passengers and 108 people were rescued Sunday by search teams, which increased to 655 personnel on Monday, said National Search and Rescue Agency chief Mohammad Syafii.

— IMAN SATRIA, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Kansas’ Union soldiers, who were known as Jayhawkers, responded by cleansing three Missouri counties along the border and stacking a similar number of dead bodies in retaliation.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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