spirit
1. the vital principle or animating force within living things (Freq. 45)
• Derivationally related forms:
spiritize
• Hypernyms:
vital principle, life principle
• Hyponyms:
soul, psyche
2. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (Freq. 37)
- the feel of the city excited him
- a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
- it had the smell of treason
• Syn:
tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour,
look, smell
• Derivationally related forms:
look (for: look), feel (for: feeling), feel (for: feel), spiritize
• Hypernyms:
atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
• Hyponyms:
Hollywood, Zeitgeist
3. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character (Freq. 13)
• Derivationally related forms:
spiritize
• Hypernyms:
character, fiber, fibre
• Hyponyms:
courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness, cowardice, cowardliness
4. any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
disembodied spirit
• Derivationally related forms:
spiritual
• Hypernyms:
spiritual being, supernatural being
• Hyponyms:
control, evil spirit, banshee, banshie, genie,
jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn, familiar,
familiar spirit, peri, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma,
fantasm, specter, spectre, presence, kachina, numen,
python, sylvan, silvan, thunderbird, zombi, zombie,
zombi spirit, zombie spirit
5. the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) (Freq. 6)
- his emotional state depended on her opinion
- he was in good spirits
- his spirit rose
• Syn:
emotional state
• Hypernyms:
emotion
• Hyponyms:
embarrassment, ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation,
exaltation, gratification, satisfaction, happiness, felicity,
state, unhappiness
6. animation and energy in action or expression (Freq. 3)
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
• Syn:
liveliness, life, sprightliness
• Derivationally related forms:
sprightly (for: sprightliness), spiritize, lively (for: liveliness)
• Hypernyms:
animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
• Hyponyms:
pertness, airiness, delicacy, alacrity, briskness,
smartness, energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim,
elan, esprit, breeziness, jauntiness, irrepressibility, buoyancy,
buoyancy, exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience, pep,
peppiness, ginger
• Attrubites:
lively
7. the intended meaning of a communication (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
intent, purport
• Derivationally related forms:
purport (for: purport), intend (for: intent)
• Hypernyms:
meaning, significance, signification, import
8. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind (Freq. 2)
- he had a change of heart
• Syn:
heart
• Hypernyms:
disposition, temperament
infuse with spirit
- The company spirited him up
• Syn:
spirit up, inspirit
• Hypernyms:
enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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