Synonyms for embody
ɛmˈbɒd iem·body

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1. embody

   Synonyms:
   express, methodize, systematize, codify, incorporate, aggregate, integrate, compact, introduce, enlist, combine

   Antonyms:
   eliminate, segregate, analyze, dissipate, disintegrate, dismember, colliquats, disband, disembody

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1. incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiateverb

   represent in bodily form

   "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

   Synonyms:
   body forth, substantiate, sustain, realise, affirm, actualise, actualize, support, personify, corroborate, confirm, be, realize, incarnate

2. embody, be, personifyverb

   represent, as of a character on stage

   "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

   Synonyms:
   personify, exist, live, equal, be, represent, personate, comprise, body, cost, incarnate, substantiate, make up, follow, body forth, constitute

3. embodyverb

   represent or express something abstract in tangible form

   "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

   Synonyms:
   substantiate, body forth, incarnate, personify, be

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1. embodyverb

   Synonyms:
   invest with a body, make corporeal, form into a body

2. embodyverb

   Synonyms:
   incorporate, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect into a whole, draw into one mass

3. embodyverb

   Synonyms:
   comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain

4. embodyverb

   Synonyms:
   systematize, methodize, codify

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1. List of paraphrases for "embody":

   incarnate, symbolize, epitomize, reflect, represent

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How to use embody in a sentence?

1. Maddison Tenney:

   When I saw the angels, to me, it was more than just angels. It was this way to physically embody and refute the claims that God hates gay people.

2. Gal Gadot:

   I think mainly Zack had a very clear idea of the Wonder Woman he wanted to bring to the big screen, and I had to embody everything he wanted me to be, give my own notes, my own input, and just go for it, for me, Wonder Woman is just such an amazing character: She's all about love and justice and truth and compassion and equality, and I didn't want her to be too polished. I didn't want her to be too perfect. I wanted people, men and women, to be inspired by her and to be able to relate to her, and I wanted to make her muddier, dirtier, to give her some edge, give her some attitude, and I think we were able to do it.

3. Justin Shullick:

   At Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School, our scholars are taught to embody respect, responsibility and relentlessness. All three characteristics were on display yesterday.

4. Norman Douglas:

   What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings-- they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through fire.

5. Benjamin W. Decker:

   The goal of Meditations on Christ is to deepen our relationship with the Spirit of Jesus Christ and to greater embody His likeness.