PSYCHES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

psyches

noun

plural of psyche

as in spirits

an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power disturbing, enigmatic paintings that seem to embody the psyche of this brilliant but troubled artist

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bodies
flesh

as in minds

the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons a novel that explores the psyche of a depressed teen

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Recent Examples of psyches In this manner, writing and fantasy relieves adults of the selfish flights of fancy that give rise to tension in our psyches. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Pugh, also a series executive producer, found the humanity inside of Cathy, says Kazan, without defanging one of literature’s most complicated psyches. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 What’s our relationship then, to this tech that increasingly looks set to entwine with our lives and psyches? — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Not having a capable laptop could also be affecting students’ psyches. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Rather than the standard psychological insights of TV’s many homicide detectives, Graham possesses a virtually psychic ability to put himself into killers’ twisted psyches. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 Federal immigration officers made more than 4,000 arrests and shot multiple people, two fatally, before Operation Metro Surge wound down in February, leaving an imprint on the psyches of young children that could haunt them for years, mental health providers say. — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 This is just the latest development in a saga that has toyed with the psyches of the people who play public golf in the nation’s capital — which includes me, almost every week. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 May 2026 The adaption is extremely faithful to the original novel, with a few liberties taken here and there to dig further into the psyches of the boys. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for psyches

Noun

Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spirits

Noun

This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Her post was largely met with disapproval during a time when cost of living expenses are very much on people’s minds.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of minds

Noun

But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Here the final abode of souls redeemed by Christ in heaven is depicted as an intricate urban environment.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of souls

Noun

But how would our brains respond if only some of those frames of film contained footage of a movie, and the rest of the frames were random junk?

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
Researchers estimated that former NFL players with clear cognitive symptoms were roughly five times more likely to donate their brains than those without such symptoms.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of brains

Noun

Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026