Antonyms for souls
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : soÊŠl |
Definition of souls
Origin :- "A substantial entity believed to be that in each person which lives, feels, thinks and wills" [Century Dictionary], Old English sawol "spiritual and emotional part of a person, animate existence; life, living being," from Proto-Germanic *saiwalo (cf. Old Saxon seola, Old Norse sala, Old Frisian sele, Middle Dutch siele, Dutch ziel, Old High German seula, German Seele, Gothic saiwala), of uncertain origin.
- Sometimes said to mean originally "coming from or belonging to the sea," because that was supposed to be the stopping place of the soul before birth or after death [Barnhart]; if so, it would be from Proto-Germanic *saiwaz (see sea). Klein explains this as "from the lake," as a dwelling-place of souls in ancient northern Europe.
- Meaning "spirit of a deceased person" is attested in Old English from 971. As a synonym for "person, individual, human being" (e.g. every living soul) it dates from early 14c. Soul-searching (n.) is attested from 1871, from the phrase used as a past participle adjective (1610s). Distinguishing soul from spirit is a matter best left to theologians.
- noun psyche, inspiration, energy
- noun being
- The face of the maid that served him had been no heaven for the souls of dead flowers.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I see; there must a lot of them have died here, but their souls didn't go far, did they now?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- When souls have loved, there is no falsehood or forgetfulness.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Only thus can we keep our souls saved, and only thus also can we follow the flashes from above.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- On the part of both there is an out-going of souls in this direction that may be said to be peculiar to Ireland.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- These were all that were ever saved from the two schooners, which must have had near a hundred souls on board them.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- In the beginning of the century Roubaix numbered 8000 souls only.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- She was a small, but a fast schooner, and had about forty souls on board.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for souls
- anima
- animating principle
- animation
- animus
- ardor
- body
- bosom
- bottom
- breast
- breath of life
- cause
- character
- conscience
- courage
- creature
- disposition
- ego
- elan vital
- essence
- feeling
- fervor
- force
- genius
- ghost
- heart
- human being
- individual
- individuality
- intellect
- intelligence
- life
- living soul
- man
- marrow
- mind
- mortal
- nobility
- noumenon
- person
- personage
- personality
- phantom
- pith
- pneuma
- principle
- quintessence
- reason
- recesses of heart
- secret self
- shadow
- spirit
- spiritual being
- stuff
- substance
- thought
- umbra
- vital force
- vitality
- vivacity
- woman
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