Synonyms of body

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noun

1

as in weight

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

• weight
• core
• bulk
• majority
• mass
• chief
• essence
• staple
• whole
• main
• entirety
• substance
• nature
• heart
• burden
• bottom
• soul
• middle
• root
• amount
• center
• sum
• focus
• meat
• heft
• brunt
• generality
• matter
• subject
• marrow
• total
• kernel
• nucleus
• totality
• quantum
• aggregate
• seat
• stuff
• text
• topic
• theme
• hub
• sum total
• argument
• pitch
• pith
• motif
• nut
• essentiality
• affair
• point
• quintessence
• gist
• nub
• crux
• purport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extension
• component
• accessory
• element
• part
• adjunct
• constituent
• appendage
• section
• ingredient
• piece
• segment
• accessary
• side
• division
• offshoot
• quality
• angle
• aspect
• feature
• facet

2

as in mass

a distinct and separate portion of matter

to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mass
• amount
• quantity
• volume
• object
• item
• material
• bulk
• substance
• whole
• thing
• quantum
• aggregate
• stuff
• totality
• entirety

3

as in faction

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

• faction
• wing
• side
• party
• team
• coalition
• sect
• bloc
• movement
• set
• block
• crew
• denomination
• split
• gang
• pack
• splinter
• caucus
• persuasion
• schism
• scission

4

as in community

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

• community
• crowd
• network
• pack
• bunch
• circle
• organization
• clique
• gang
• clan
• fold
• coven
• club
• ring
• set
• lot
• commune
• coterie
• society
• tribe
• guild
• college
• squad
• fraternity
• side
• camp
• galère
• league
• faction
• elite
• closed shop
• in-group
• klatch
• union
• sect
• klatsch
• coalition
• sorority
• brotherhood
• federation
• charmed circle
• bloc
• mess
• fellowship
• sisterhood
• gild
• confederation
• council
• alliance
• order
• congress
• sodality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualist
• loner

5

as in person

a member of the human race

the most intelligent body in this entire place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• person
• life
• man
• guy
• creature
• soul
• human
• individual
• bird
• thing
• fish
• baby
• being
• specimen
• bod
• character
• customer
• egg
• party
• face
• sort
• mortal
• personality
• duck
• human being
• personage
• head
• cookie
• devil
• scout
• wight
• stiff
• son of man
• cooky
• fellow
• slob
• self
• brother
• neighbor
• homo
• somebody
• humanoid
• hominid
• celebrity
• fellowman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animal
• beast
• brute
• critter
• beastie

6

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a body of security men accompany the president at all times

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• grouping
• batch
• band
• bunch
• cluster
• lot
• battery
• team
• crop
• array
• crew
• party
• collective
• clutch
• organization
• consort
• platoon
• constellation
• parcel
• circle
• battalion
• school
• squadron
• knot
• gathering
• huddle
• assembly
• congregation
• brigade
• round
• gang
• posse
• boodle
• the whole kit and caboodle
• clique
• union
• task force
• ring
• federation
• set
• sect
• clan
• faction
• coterie
• passel
• guild
• bloc
• outfit
• coalition
• confederacy
• league
• confederation
• phalanx
• muster
• fellowship
• order
• alliance
• gild
• brood
• bevy
• covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

body

2 of 2

verb

as in to embody

to represent in visible form

abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embody
• express
• incorporate
• manifest
• symbolize
• incarnate
• personify
• personalize
• realize
• exemplify
• illustrate
• externalize
• instantiate
• epitomize
• materialize
• substantiate
• image
• actualize
• typify
• objectify
• concretize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembody

Phrases Containing body

• body language

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