Antonyms for body

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bod-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒd i

Definition of body

Origin : Old English bodig "trunk, chest" (of a man or animal); related to Old High German botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German (replaced by leib, originally "life," and körper, from Latin). In English, extension to "person" is from late 13c. Meaning "main part" of anything was in late Old English, hence its use in reference to vehicles (1520s).
Contrasted with soul since at least mid-13c. Meaning "corpse" (short for dead body) is from late 13c. Transferred to matter generally in Middle English (e.g. heavenly body, late 14c.). Body politic "the nation, the state" first recorded 1520s, legalese, with French word order. Body image was coined 1935. Body language is attested from 1967, perhaps from French langage corporel (1966). Phrase over my dead body attested by 1833.

noun physique
noun corpse
noun human being
noun bulk; central portion
noun crowd
noun main part of written work

Example sentences :

I have never seen the soul withdrawn without a struggle with the body.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Exhausted in mind and body, she could not long endure this tide of recollection.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

When the soul was again led into the body, it related all that had happened to it.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

I asked, 'Is this the divine home, whence I departed into the body?'
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

His eyes were closed, his face a dead, chalky white, and his body hung limp.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

The rested muscles of his body and mind craved the resistance of obstacles.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

There was a thrilling silence, as the waters closed over his body.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Then the body had become a "mummy" because it was filled with "Mumiai" or pitch.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nation's robe.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Nor will any body else believe you in earnest in the offer, if I would.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for body

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