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spirit

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spirit

1 an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power
  • the theological and philosophical belief that the spirit is superior to the body
Synonyms of spirit

psyche, soul
Words Related to spirit

life, vitality

being, essence, quintessence
Near Antonyms of spirit

body, flesh
2 a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion
  • had been in a combative spirit all week
Synonyms of spirit

cheer, feather, humor, mode, mood, temper
Words Related to spirit

angle, attitude, mind-set, outlook, perspective, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

emotion, feeling, heart, passion, sentiment

strain

expression, tone, vein

character, disposition, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, temper, temperament
Phrases Synonymous with spirit

frame of mind
3 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
  • Hamlet's late father appears to him in the form of a spirit and with the revelation that he was in fact murdered.
Synonyms of spirit

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
Words Related to spirit

angel, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn)

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp
4 spirits plural a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
  • a store selling spirits
Synonyms of spirit

alcohol, drink, inebriant, intoxicant, liquor, moonshine
Antonyms of spirit

nonintoxicant

Synonym Discussion of spirit

courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship. courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty.
    • the courage to support unpopular causes
mettle suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience.
    • a challenge that will test your mettle
spirit also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened.
    • her spirit was unbroken by failure
resolution stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends.
    • the resolution of pioneer women
tenacity adds to resolution implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat.
    • held to their beliefs with great tenacity

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