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