Dictionary entry details
• SPIRIT (noun)
Meaning:
The vital principle or animating force within living things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
life principle; vital principle (a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
psyche; soul (the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life)
Meaning:
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
flavor; flavour; feel; spirit; smell; feeling; look; tone
Context examples:
the feel of the city excited him / a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting / it had the smell of treason
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
Hollywood (a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry)
Zeitgeist (the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation)
Meaning:
A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
character; fiber; fibre (the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
braveness; bravery; courage; courageousness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
cowardice; cowardliness (the trait of lacking courage)
Meaning:
Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
disembodied spirit; spirit
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
spiritual being; supernatural being (an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
kachina (a deified spirit of the Pueblo people)
numen (a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion))
python (a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit)
silvan; sylvan (a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods)
thunderbird ((mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird)
zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit ((voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body)
presence (an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby)
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre (a ghostly appearing figure)
control (a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance)
evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)
banshee; banshie ((Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death)
djinni; djinny; genie; jinnee; jinni ((Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals)
familiar; familiar spirit (a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard)
peri ((Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done)
Meaning:
The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
emotional state; spirit
Context examples:
his emotional state depended on her opinion / he was in good spirits / his spirit rose
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
emotion (any strong feeling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
unhappiness (state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief)
state (a state of depression or agitation)
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
gratification; satisfaction (state of being gratified; great satisfaction)
ecstasy; exaltation; rapture; raptus; transport (a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion)
embarrassment (the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy))
Meaning:
The intended meaning of a communication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
purport; intent; spirit
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)
Meaning:
Animation and energy in action or expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
sprightliness; liveliness; spirit; life
Context example:
it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
animation; brio; invigoration; spiritedness; vivification (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
Attribute:
lively (full of life and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirit"):
ginger; pep; peppiness (liveliness and energy)
ebullience; enthusiasm; exuberance (overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval)
high-spiritedness (exuberant liveliness)
buoyancy; irrepressibility (irrepressible liveliness and good spirit)
breeziness; jauntiness (a breezy liveliness)
esprit (liveliness of mind or spirit)
elan (enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness)
energy; muscularity; vigor; vigour; vim (an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing))
alacrity; briskness; smartness (liveliness and eagerness)
airiness; delicacy (lightness in movement or manner)
pertness (quality of being lively and confident)
Meaning:
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
heart; spirit
Context example:
he had a change of heart
Hypernyms ("spirit" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
• SPIRIT (verb)
Meaning:
Infuse with spirit
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
inspirit; spirit; spirit up
Context example:
The company spirited him up
Hypernyms (to "spirit" is one way to...):
animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up (make lively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
