Synonyms for soul
noun
A disembodied spirit
phantom, ghost, shade, shadow, umbra, spirit, wraith, apparition, vision, specter, phantasm, haunt*, spook*, hant*.
Essential nature
spiritual being, heart, substance, individuality, disposition, cause, personality, force, essence, genius, principle, ego, psyche, life, cause.
Mind
intellect, intelligence, thought; see mind 1.
The more lofty human qualities
courage, love, affection, honor, duty, idealism, philosophy, culture, heroism, art, poetry, reverence, sense of beauty.
A person
human being, man, woman, being; see person 1.
See soul in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The vital principle or animating force within living beings:
breath, divine spark, élan vital, life force, psyche, spirit, vital force, vitality. See bodyThe essential being of a person, regarded as immaterial and immortal:
spirit. See beA member of the human race:
being, body, creature, homo, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage. See beingsThe most central and material part:
core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root1, spirit, stuff, substance. (Law) gravamen. See beThe seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings:
bosom, breast, heart. Idioms: bottom of one's heart, cockles of one's heart, one's heart of hearts. See feelings
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