Synonyms for soul
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Person — life, energy, vigor
person, man, life, individual, essence, human being, mortal, someone, being, somebody
2. Psyche
psyche, heart, spirit, mind, inner man, ghost, heart strings, energy, passion, feeling, bosom, quintessence, vitality, warmth, marrow, pith, fire, guts, ardor US, ardour UK, meat, reason, force
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Life, energy, vigor.
- n. 2
The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
Related words
- Word family
- soul-crushing soul-destroying soulful soulfulness soulless soulscot soul-searching soulular
- Phrases
- heart and soul soul patch bare one's soul body and soul lost soul blue-eyed soul rest his soul shiver my soul
Forms
- Plural
- souls → persons, lifes, individuals, essences…
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The soul includes the intellect, sensibilities, and will; beyond what is expressed by the word mind, the soul denotes especially the moral, the immortal nature; we say of a dead body, the soul (not the mind) has fled.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- person When can one say that a person has alcohol issues?
- essence What do you think is the essence of the training?
- mortal Old bread can sometimes be used as a mortal weapon.
- heart The frightened boy's heart palpitated with terror.
- psyche It is known that music influences the psyche.
By length
- 3 letters
- man1
- 4 letters
- life1, mind1, fire2, meat1, guts1, pith1
- 5 letters
- being2, heart1, force1, ghost1, bosom2, ardor2
- 6 letters
- person2, reason2, energy3, spirit2, mortal2, warmth1, marrow2, psyche2, ardour
- 7 letters
- someone2, feeling2, passion2, essence2
- 8 letters
- somebody3, vitality4
- 10 letters
- individual5
- 11 letters
- soulfulness
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).