Synonyms of bodies

bodies 1 of 2

noun

plural of body

1

as in weights

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weights
• cores
• masses
• bulks
• chiefs
• staples
• majorities
• substances
• essences
• mains
• burdens
• bottoms
• hearts
• generalities
• natures
• wholes
• roots
• entireties
• souls
• centers
• amounts
• brunts
• subjects
• meats
• matters
• foci
• sums
• kernels
• nuclei
• hefts
• aggregates
• totals
• stuff
• seats
• middles
• topics
• themes
• texts
• quanta
• totalities
• hubs
• affairs
• marrows
• nuts
• arguments
• essentialities
• pitches
• motifs
• piths
• sum totals
• points
• nubs
• quintessences
• gists
• purports
• cruxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• components
• parts
• accessories
• extensions
• sections
• appendages
• constituents
• ingredients
• pieces
• segments
• divisions
• adjuncts
• offshoots
• sides
• aspects
• features
• qualities
• angles
• facets

2

as in masses

a distinct and separate portion of matter

to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masses
• quantities
• amounts
• objects
• things
• volumes
• items
• substances
• materials
• aggregates
• quanta
• bulks
• stuff
• wholes
• totalities
• entireties

3

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group

feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factions
• parties
• sides
• wings
• teams
• coalitions
• sects
• blocs
• movements
• sets
• blocks
• denominations
• splinters
• crews
• gangs
• splits
• packs
• caucuses
• persuasions
• schisms
• scissions

4

as in communities

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• communities
• networks
• circles
• crowds
• cliques
• bunches
• packs
• organizations
• gangs
• clans
• folds
• clubs
• coteries
• covens
• tribes
• societies
• sets
• rings
• communes
• lots
• galères
• guilds
• colleges
• elites
• squads
• factions
• camps
• fraternities
• klatches
• sides
• leagues
• in-groups
• brotherhoods
• sects
• coalitions
• fellowships
• federations
• unions
• sororities
• blocs
• closed shops
• charmed circles
• alliances
• messes
• councils
• confederations
• sodalities
• sisterhoods
• congresses
• orders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualists
• loners

5

as in men

a member of the human race

the most intelligent body in this entire place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• men
• lives
• guys
• people
• creatures
• things
• individuals
• souls
• birds
• humans
• beings
• babies
• specimens
• fish
• customers
• eggs
• parties
• characters
• ducks
• mortals
• personages
• faces
• human beings
• personalities
• sorts
• bods
• scouts
• devils
• cookies
• heads
• wights
• stiffs
• fellows
• sons of man
• slobs
• selves
• neighbors
• brothers
• humanoids
• celebrities
• hominids
• homos
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• brutes
• critters
• beasties

6

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a body of security men accompany the president at all times

Synonyms & Similar Words

• groups
• groupings
• batches
• clusters
• bands
• bunches
• lots
• crops
• teams
• batteries
• arrays
• crews
• organizations
• parties
• constellations
• platoons
• clutches
• consorts
• collectives
• schools
• battalions
• circles
• parcels
• squadrons
• knots
• brigades
• congregations
• gatherings
• gangs
• assemblies
• passels
• boodles
• cliques
• huddles
• posses
• factions
• the whole kit and caboodle
• sects
• federations
• rounds
• outfits
• task forces
• clans
• fellowships
• coteries
• guilds
• unions
• rings
• sets
• coalitions
• blocs
• alliances
• musters
• leagues
• confederations
• phalanxes
• confederacies
• orders
• broods
• bevies
• coveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individuals
• singles

bodies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of body

as in embodies

to represent in visible form

abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embodies
• expresses
• incorporates
• manifests
• symbolizes
• incarnates
• personifies
• exemplifies
• realizes
• externalizes
• illustrates
• materializes
• epitomizes
• instantiates
• images
• personalizes
• substantiates
• concretizes
• actualizes
• objectifies
• typifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembodies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bodies

Noun

The agency will coordinate with several government bodies on the background checks, such as Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat, Financial Information Unit, and Ministry of Security, as well as international intelligence. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

That emotional shortcut, more than novelty, is what has made the scent sticky with consumers who want their homes and bodies to smell like a specific memory rather than a candy aisle. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

The regime transmuted its coercive force into political legitimacy through the spectacular destruction of dissident bodies, restoring reverence for the Eagle. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

In the days leading up to the Arcadia police search of the home, Xuan and several of the nannies stripped clothes off some of the children and inspected their naked bodies for signs of abuse, according to the criminal complaint. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

In one long-standing picture, dust grains collided and stuck together to form pebbles, which grew into kilometer-wide rocky bodies known as planetesimals. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Since collagen and elastin are key to keeping skin looking smooth and bouncy, supporting their production—especially as our bodies start producing less of them over time—becomes increasingly important. — Sheryl George, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026

Even when controlling for factors like weather and medical conditions, symptom severity correlated with higher skin temperature and less daily fluctuation in body temperature, meaning their bodies weren't cooling down as much at night. — Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

The places with the biggest insurance gaps are those where heavy precipitation flooding occurs away from large water bodies, said Jeremy Porter, the chief economist at First Street. — Michael Phillis, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026