Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (30)

n. things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"

n. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"

body

n. the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

body

n. the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"

body

n. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

body

n. a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"

body

n. an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"

material, stuff

n. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

person, body

n. a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"

body, dead body

n. a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

fabric, cloth, material, textile

n. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

matter, writing, material, written material

n. the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

body, consistency, consistence

n. the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"

body, organic structure, physical structure

n. the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

trunk, body, torso

n. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

Verbs (3)

body, personify, give a body to

v. invest with or as with a body; give body to

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (6)

material

adj. derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"

material

adj. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"

material

adj. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt

material

adj. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"

material, corporeal

adj. having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett

Fuzzynyms (88)

kit, outfit

n. gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

circle, set, band, lot

n. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

company, troupe

n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

association

n. a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

unit

n. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

force, military unit, military force

n. a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

crew

n. the men who man a ship or aircraft

expedition

n. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

band, dance orchestra, dance band

n. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

company

n. a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a hook-and-ladder company"

troop, scout troop, scout group

n. a unit of girl or boy scouts

confederation, confederacy, federation

n. a union of political organizations

book, volume

n. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"

garbage, refuse, scraps, food waste

n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

rubbish, trash

n. worthless material that is to be disposed of

ragbag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, omnium-gatherum

n. a motley assortment of things

falderal, folderol, frills, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense, trumpery

n. ornamental objects of no great value

tag, rag, shred, tatter, tag end

n. a small piece of cloth or paper

substance, matter

n. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

density, denseness

n. the amount per unit size

texture

n. the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality

texture

n. the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"

quantity

n. an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"

bulk, majority

n. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"

mass, bulk

n. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

richness, profusion, profuseness, cornucopia, affluence

n. the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

animal, sensual, carnal, fleshly

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

corporal, corporeal, bodily, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

bodily, carnal

adj. of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"

concrete

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

physical

adj. concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"

real, existent

adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

tangible

adj. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"

economic

adj. financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"

Synonyms (22)

real, substantial

adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

animal, sensual, carnal, fleshly

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

corporal, corporeal, bodily, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

personal

adj. intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"

physiological, physiologic

adj. of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning; "physiologic functions"; "physiological processes"

earthly, temporal

adj. of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

terrestrial, mundane, sublunary

adj. concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

mercenary, materialistic, worldly-minded

adj. marked by materialism

bodied

adj. having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied"

Antonyms (10)

irregularity, geometrical irregularity

n. an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern

mind, thinker

n. an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"

extremity

n. the outermost or farthest region or point

extremity

n. the outermost or farthest region or point

immaterial

adj. not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

immaterial

adj. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

immaterial, incorporeal

adj. without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"

material body

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