Synonyms for spirit
ˈspɪr ɪtspir·it

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1. spirit

   Character is what one is; reputation, what he is thought to be; his record is the total of his known action or inaction. As a rule, a man's record will substantially express his character; his reputation may be higher or lower than his character or record will justify. Repute is a somewhat formal word, with the same general sense as reputation. One's nature includes all his original endowments or propensities; character includes both natural and acquired traits. We speak of one's physical constitution as strong or weak, etc., and figuratively, always with the adjective, of his mental or moral constitution. Compare CHARACTERISTIC.

   Synonyms:
   character, constitution, disposition, genius, nature, personality, record, reputation, temper, temperament

   Preposition:
   The witness has a character for veracity; his character is above suspicion; the character of the applicant.

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1. spirit

   Synonyms:
   air, breath, life, soul, vital force, essential quality, essence, immateriality, intelligence, disembodiment, spectre, apparition, ghost, energy, ardor, enthusiasm, activity, earnestness, courage, zeal, disposition, temper, principle, motive, distillation

   Antonyms:
   substance, body, corporeity, materiality, flesh, organization, frame, embodiment, spiritlessness, listlessness, soullessness, lifelessness, torpor, deadness, timidity, dejection, slowness, sluggishness

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1. spiritnoun

   the vital principle or animating force within living things

   Synonyms:
   purport, sprightliness, tone, feeling, heart, look, emotional state, liveliness, disembodied spirit, flavour, life, flavor, intent, smell, feel

2. spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smellnoun

   the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

   "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

   Synonyms:
   looking at, pure tone, touch, tactile property, life, timber, look, olfactory perception, timbre, sprightliness, step, tone of voice, smell, olfactory property, aspect, disembodied spirit, savor, feel, quality, tactile sensation, whole tone, impression, touch sensation, scent, aroma, savour, opinion, belief, olfactory sensation, sense of smell, facial expression, odour, shade, emotional state, tonicity, tone, sapidity, whole step, olfaction, flavour, heart, smack, tang, olfactory modality, odor, tonus, tincture, intent, feeling, tactual sensation, expression, notion, intuitive feeling, purport, relish, looking, flavor, face, musical note, liveliness, smelling, tint, note

3. spiritnoun

   a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

   Synonyms:
   purport, sprightliness, tone, feeling, heart, look, emotional state, liveliness, disembodied spirit, flavour, life, flavor, intent, smell, feel

4. spirit, disembodied spiritnoun

   any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

   Synonyms:
   purport, sprightliness, tone, feeling, heart, look, emotional state, liveliness, disembodied spirit, flavour, life, flavor, intent, smell, feel

5. emotional state, spiritnoun

   the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

   "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"

   Synonyms:
   purport, sprightliness, tone, feeling, heart, look, emotional state, liveliness, disembodied spirit, flavour, life, flavor, intent, smell, feel

6. intent, purport, spiritnoun

   the intended meaning of a communication

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, liveliness, smell, design, flavour, disembodied spirit, sprightliness, feel, purport, flavor, look, drift, feeling, heart, life, intent, emotional state, tone, purpose

7. liveliness, life, spirit, sprightlinessnoun

   animation and energy in action or expression

   "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

   Synonyms:
   liveliness, smell, flavour, disembodied spirit, animation, life-time, purport, life, feeling, flavor, sprightliness, lifespan, life sentence, feel, emotional state, life history, look, aliveness, intent, living, lifetime, biography, tone, heart, life story

8. heart, spiritverb

   an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

   "he had a change of heart"

   Synonyms:
   affection, life, affectionateness, substance, flavour, philia, sprightliness, gist, smell, centre, center, tenderness, core, heart, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, disembodied spirit, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, meat, emotional state, tone, feel, warmness, inwardness, pith, pump, bosom, essence, intent, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, purport, spunk, flavor, feeling, liveliness, eye, look, middle

9. spirit, spirit up, inspiritverb

   infuse with spirit

   "The company spirited him up"

   Synonyms:
   spirit up, inspirit

Matched Categories

1. • Character
   • Meaning
   • Vital Principle

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1. yōkai

   a yōkai is a supernatural monster, spirit, or demon from japanese folklore.

   it wasn't me! it was a yōkai!

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   vital essence (apart from matter), immaterial substance

2. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   soul, pure intelligence, inner man

3. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   apparition, ghost, spectre, shade, phantom, phantasm, sprite, fairy, elf, demon, genius

4. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   disposition, temper, humor, mood, spirits, frame of mind, turn of mind

5. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   courage, ardor, fire, energy, force, vigor, mettle, earnestness, enthusiasm, zeal, resolution, pluck, elevation of soul

6. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   liveliness, animation, piquancy, warmth, glow

7. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   person (as distinguished by peculiar qualities), individual

8. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, significance, purport, intent, drift, gist, tenor, sense

9. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   nature, character, complexion, characteristic quality

10. spiritnoun

    Synonyms:
    10. alcohol, distilled liquor

11. spiritnoun

    Synonyms:
    [With The prefixed.] holy Ghost, holy Spirit, paraclete, comforter, the Spirit of God

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1. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   soul, shade, apparition, specter, ghost, phantom, revenant, animus, vivacity, energy, life, ardor, enthusiasm, zeal, force, intensity, temper, mood, meaning, intent, significance

2. spiritnoun

   Synonyms:
   manes

3. spiritverb

   Synonyms:
   inspirit, animate, encourage, spirit away, carry off, kidnap, abduct

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1. List of paraphrases for "spirit":

   spiritual, mind, psychotropic, minds, esprit, geist, mental, vein, espíritu, espírito, spirituous, soul, geest, ethos, sprit, gist, wit, intent, spirits, sense, mindset, encyclopedia, ghost, essence, attitude, mood, wits

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How to use spirit in a sentence?

1. Kimpton CEO Mike DeFrino:

   We think if people have fun at our hotel they’re going to remember us, they aren’t looking for sameness. They want a place that has sensory spirit.

2. Meredith Scardino:

   I think the spirit of the show about trappy underdog women in their 40s going up against a behemoth and trying to do something hard and a little bit crazy, that will continue.

3. John Derek Norvell:

   One of the things I feel is so important is that there's no shame in being the son or grand-son of slaves, the body may have been enslaved but not the creativity or the soul or the spirit, and we need to honor that. Pinkster does that.

4. Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche:

   There were concrete talks. I will not say anything about the content. It was not just about the fact that there is an innovative spirit in the Valley. We know that already. We wanted to see what drives it, and all the things that can be created from it.

5. Meg Oliver:

   And we have to do it understanding -- and to the point of the spirit of you raising it, and the way you did -- it is in our collective best interest to speak these truths, to acknowledge what happened, to acknowledge then the vestiges of it that remain because they do. To get to a place where we can heal and we can be better. And I believe that is going to have to be about leadership -- that one is to your point -- not stoking the racism, the anti-Semitism, the white supremacy that we have been seeing because that is happening, i know we are better than this, I believe that. But we will not achieve our true strength as a country if we fail to acknowledge the truth and speak it and recognize what must be done to address it.