Thesaurus:body

Thesaurus

body

English

Noun

Sense: physical structure of a human or animal

Synonyms

• bod
• body
• flesh
• likam
• quarrons (obsolete, thieves' cant)
• soma

Coordinate terms

• soul

Hyponyms

• corpse    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• body part
•   —
• head    [⇒ thesaurus]
• trunk
• limb    [⇒ thesaurus]
• leg    [⇒ thesaurus]
• arm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hand    [⇒ thesaurus]
• organ    [⇒ thesaurus]
• organ system    [⇒ thesaurus]
• skeleton    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• anatomy
• physiology
• Thesaurus:corpse
• Thesaurus:visceral

Further reading

• “body” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.