BODS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

bods

noun

plural of bod, British

as in guys

a member of the human race I know several bods who work on Fleet Street

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Recent Examples of bods Meanwhile, Demna staged his latest show in the simulacrum of Gucci store — a move that was read by some industry bods as a nod to his commercial KPIs. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Built in 1965 and 1970, respectively, the vessels are approaching the limits of their service lives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Their bid to change their lives turns into a dangerous chase, and the friendship becomes the one thing protecting them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

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

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