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The Meaning of soul
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(a.) Sole.
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(a.) Sole.
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(v. i.) To afford suitable sustenance.
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(n.) The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, \"an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence.\"
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(n.) The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
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(n.) The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.
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(n.) Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
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(n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
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(n.) A pure or disembodied spirit.
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(v. t.) To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
Synonyms
somebody
,
head
,
person
,
someone
,
brain
,
mortal
,
soulfulness
,
individual
,
mind
,
psyche
,
nous
,
instinct
,
reason
,
spirit
,
consciousness
,
intellect
,
sense
,
thought
,
disposition
,
intelligence
,
understanding
Antonyms
body
,
brawn
,
brute force
,
material substance
,
matter
Homophones
seoul
,
sohl
,
sole
,
sowle
Rhymes
amphibole
,
anatole
,
atoll
,
bankroll
,
blowhole
,
boal
,
boehl
,
bohl
,
bole
,
boll
,
bowl
,
buol
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
casserole
,
charcoal
,
coal
,
coale
,
cole
,
colle
,
console
,
control
,
cubbyhole
,
decontrol
,
devaul
,
dhole
,
dipole
,
doell
,
dole
,
droll
,
ecole
,
enroll
,
espanol
,
extol
,
fishbowl
,
flagpole
,
foal
,
foale
,
fohl
,
foxhole
,
glycerol
,
glycol
,
goal
,
gohl
,
groll
,
hoel
,
hohl
,
hole
,
interpol
,
keyhole
,
knoell
,
knoll
,
koehl
,
koelle
,
kohl
,
kol
,
kole
,
lodgepole
,
loophole
,
madole
,
manhole
,
mcdole
,
metropol
,
mohl
,
mole
,
monopole
,
nicole
,
nicolle
,
nohl
,
nole
,
noll
,
ohl
,
ole
,
oriole
,
pajole
,
parole
,
patrol
,
payroll
,
pfohl
,
pigeonhole
,
pinhole
,
pistole
,
poehl
,
pohl
,
pole
,
poll
,
pothole
,
redpoll
,
rock-and-roll
,
roehl
,
roell
,
roelle
,
rohl
,
rol
,
role
,
roll
,
rolle
,
schaul
,
scroll
,
self-control
,
seoul
,
shoal
,
shole
,
sinkhole
,
skoal
,
sohl
,
sole
,
sowle
,
stole
,
stoll
,
strohl
,
strole
,
stroll
,
tadpole
,
thoele
,
thole
,
toal
,
toelle
,
tole
,
toll
,
troll
,
voell
,
walpole
,
whole
,
woehl
,
wohl