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| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soul, attitude |
| Synonyms: | air, animation, ardor, backbone*, boldness, breath, character, complexion, courage, disposition, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, essence, fire, force, frame of mind, grit*, guts*, heart, humor, jazz*, life, life force, liveliness, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, nerve, oomph*, outlook, psyche, quality, resolution, resolve, sparkle, spunk*, substance, temper, temperament, tenor, vigor, vitality, warmth, will, willpower, zest, dauntlessness, gameness, stoutheartedness, vital spark |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmosphere, essence |
| Synonyms: | feeling, genius, gist, humor, intent, intention, meaning, purport, purpose, quality, sense, substance, temper, tenor, timbre, tone |
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spook, sprite, supernatural being, vision, wraith, eidolon, umbra |
| Antonyms: | being, reality |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | élan, action, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, dash, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*, brio, briskness, dynamism, high spirits, sprightliness, vibrancy |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apparition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | chimera, delusion, hallucination, haunt, illusion, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, bogeyman, bump in the night, visitant |
| Antonyms: | animate, being |
| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing, fierceness |
| Antonyms: | coolness, frigidity, indifference, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bravery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, heroism, mettle, pluck, spirit, spunk, valor, dauntlessness, fearlessness, hardiness, indomitability, intrepidity, pluckiness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, diffidence, humility, timidity |
| Main Entry: | courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, braveness |
| Synonyms: | élan, audacity, backbone, bravery, daring, dash, determination, endurance, enterprise, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, temerity, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, bravura, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, pugnacity, stoutheartedness, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness, faint-heartedness |
| Main Entry: | divinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute being; divine nature |
| Synonyms: | celestial, deity, genius, god, godliness, holiness, lord, prime mover, sanctity, spirit, goddess, godhead, godhood, godship, guardian spirit, higher power |
| Antonyms: | devil, evil |
| Main Entry: | élan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vivacity |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, esprit, flair, impetus, life, oomph*, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigor, vim, zest, zing*, brio, impetuosity |
| Antonyms: | dullness, lifelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | ability, appeal, articulation, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, gift of gab*, loquacity, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, wit, command of language, expressiveness, expressivity, forcefulness, grandiloquence, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, volubility, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, inarticulateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, intensity, interest, joy, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph*, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat*, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zest, ardency, fieriness, impetuosity, joyfulness, zealousness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness, aloofness, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fairy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural being |
| Synonyms: | brownie, elf, enchanter, genie, gnome, goblin, gremlin, imp, leprechaun, nymph, pixie, puck, siren, spirit, sprite, bogie, fay, hob, mermaid, nisse, sylph |
| Main Entry: | flavoring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spice, extract added to food |
| Synonyms: | additive, condiment, distillation, essence, quintessence, relish, sauce, seasoning, spirit, tincture, zest, herb |
| Main Entry: | fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind; guts |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, constancy, courage, determination, endurance, firmness, grit*, hardihood, heart, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stomach, tenacity, valor, braveness, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gutsiness, intrepidity, resoluteness, stick-to-itiveness, stoutheartedness, true grit, valiancy, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, helplessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frame of mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's mental attitude |
| Synonyms: | attitude, constitution, disposition, humor, makeup, mentality, mood, nature, shape, spirit, spirits, standing, state, temper, temperament, tone, vein, emotions, feelings, inner nature, mindset, state of mind, temporary psychological state |
| Main Entry: | gallantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery, civility |
| Synonyms: | address, audacity, boldness, courage, courtesy, daring, deference, derring-do*, duty, elegance, honor, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck*, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, valor, attentiveness, courageousness, courteousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, graciousness, intrepidity, urbanity, valiance |
| Antonyms: | fear, cowardliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mythical being |
| Synonyms: | demon, spirit, wizard, djinni, jinnee, jinni |
| Main Entry: | gist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
| Synonyms: | basis, bearing, bottom line*, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel*, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, pith*, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot*, nature of the beast, nitty gritty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goblin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elf |
| Synonyms: | brownie, demon, fiend, gnome, gremlin, imp, pixie, spirit, sprite, bogeyman, kobold, nixie |
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