Synonyms of corpus

corpus

noun

ˈkȯr-pəs 

1

as in output

the complete works of an author

Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• output
• oeuvre
• canon

2

as in corpse

a dead body

international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corpse
• remains
• carcass
• cadaver
• relics
• bones
• stiff
• corse
• ashes
• decedent
• deceased
• carrion
• mummy
• carnage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corpus

Since October, he was transferred to and from the Everglades detention center twice before his release in early May, following a Fort Myers federal judge’s grant of his habeas corpus petition and an order for his release. —Miami Herald, 1 June 2026

In 2022, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled 5–2 that elephants have no constitutional rights and that Happy should not be released pursuant to habeas corpus, per the NYT. —Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026

Habeas corpus was nationalized as part of the qualitative and quantitative increase in federal power brought on by the Civil War. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026

Renaissance humanists certainly emphasized a corpus of Greek and Roman classics for the self-fashioned man, the predictable coterie that includes Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil. —Literary Hub, 21 May 2026