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| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physique |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, shaft, shape, tenement, trunk, bag of bones, beefcake, bod, boody, mortal part, protoplasm, torso |
| Antonyms: | mind, soul, spirit |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff*, bones, corpus delicti |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human being |
| Synonyms: | being, creature, human, individual, mortal, party, person, personage, soul |
| Antonyms: | abstract, concept, fantasy, inanimate, thought, immateriality |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk; central portion |
| Synonyms: | assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, gist, groundwork, hull, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole, fuselage, gravamen, main part, substructure |
| Antonyms: | nothing, nothingness |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, group, horde, lot, majority, mass, mob, multitude, parcel, party, set, society, throng |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of written work |
| Synonyms: | argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, heart, material, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise, upshot |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, total, totality, whole, the works, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one, part |
| Main Entry: | brigade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleet of trained people |
| Synonyms: | army, band, body, company, contingent, corps, crew, detachment, force, group, organization, outfit, party, posse, squad, team, troop, unit |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical structure, form |
| Synonyms: | body, conformation, constitution, figure, frame, habit, physique, shape, habitus |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | mind |
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, remains, skeleton, stiff*, mort |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carcass/carcase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body; framework, base structure |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff*, mort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage, mass of coagulation |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, battery, body, bulk, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, consolidation, glob, group, lump, occlusion, precipitate, set, thickness, clotting, coagulum, coalescence, conglutination, curd, curdling, embolism, embolus, gob, grume, thrombus |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of something |
| Synonyms: | array, assemblage, band, batch, bevy, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, clutch, collection, covey, crew, gathering, hunk, knot, lot, pack, party, set |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | contingent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of followers |
| Synonyms: | batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, mission, quota, sect, section, set, disciples |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group trained for action |
| Synonyms: | band, body, brigade, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, outfit, party, posse, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, remains, stiff*, bones, mort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
| Synonyms: | assembly, board, body, brain trust*, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, gang, gathering, huddle*, kitchen cabinet*, meet, ministry, mob, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow*, ring, synod, confab, directorate, governing body, groupthink, official family, senate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being, beast |
| Synonyms: | animal, body, brute, creation, fellow, individual, man, mortal, party, person, personage, soul, woman, critter, living being, living thing, lower animal, quadruped, varmint |
| Antonyms: | abstract, inanimate |
| Main Entry: | crux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most important part |
| Synonyms: | body, bottom line*, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat*, meat and potatoes*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust, decisive point |
| Antonyms: | trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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