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spirit

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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

Words Related to spirit

being, essence, quintessence

Near Antonyms of spirit

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

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, opinion

expression, tone, vein

character, disposition, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, selfhood, self-identity, temper, temperament

responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity

Phrases Synonymous with spirit

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, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Words Related to spirit

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

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

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

cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

4 spirits plural a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk

a hotel bar that's well stocked with spirits

Synonyms of spirit

alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle, drink, firewater, grog, hooch [slang], inebriant, intoxicant, John Barleycorn, juice [slang], liquor, lush [slang], moonshine, potable, rum, sauce [slang], stimulant, strong drink, tipple

Words Related to spirit

aperitif, bracer, chaser, digestif, nightcap

belt, load, nip, peg [British], pop, shooter, shot, slug, snifter, snort, tot, whet

cocktail, mixed drink

ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski [slang], home brew, malt liquor, microbrew, mum, nappy [chiefly Scottish]

mead, sake (or saki), wine

barley-bree (also barley-broo) [chiefly Scottish], brandy, gin, liqueur, mao-tai, mescal, schnapps, tequila, vodka, whiskey (or whisky)

Antonyms of spirit

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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