soul
noun
1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Similar word(s): psyche
Definition categories: person, spirit
2. a human being
Similar word(s): individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone
Definition categories: general, being, organism, cause
3. deep feeling or emotion
Similar word(s): soulfulness
Definition categories: feeling
4. the human embodiment of something
- the soul of honor
Definition categories: act, embodiment
5. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
- soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement
Definition categories: communication, gospel
Sentences with soul as a noun:
- Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank.
verb
1. (obsolete, transitive) To endue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
2. (obsolete) To afford suitable sustenance.