animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man

human being, homo, human, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae

life form - the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism

chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

live body - a living body of an animal or person

body substance - the substance of the body

articulatory system - the system of joints in the body

bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium - the system that makes food absorbable into the body

endocrine system - the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity

lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum - the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body

musculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form

nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing

sensory system - the body's system of sense organs

vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant

cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

head, caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"

cervix, neck - the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"

torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle

arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

crotch, fork - the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

pressure point - any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point

natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man

carcase, carcass - the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

carrion - the dead and rotting body of an animal

cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff, clay - the dead body of a human being

mummy - a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

public - a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"

sector - a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector"

assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

Christendom, Christianity - the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"

church - the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"

College of Cardinals, Sacred College - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

corps - a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"

constituency - the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

electoral college - the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president

school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"

college - the body of faculty and students of a college

university - the body of faculty and students at a university

faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

representation - a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"

colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

ulama, ulema - the body of mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community

leaders, leadership - the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan"

militia - the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution

membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

occupational group, vocation - a body of people doing the same kind of work

opposition - a body of people united in opposing something

immigration - the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony"

inspectorate - a body of inspectors

jury - a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law

panel - a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

venire, panel - (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

enrollment, registration - the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

vote - a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"

diaspora - the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk

side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"

chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen

love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline

hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings

abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"

arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, butt, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, bum - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man

chromosome - a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

cellular inclusion, inclusion body, inclusion - any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"

particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

bodywork - the exterior body of a motor vehicle

fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

gaseousness - having the consistency of a gas

property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"

viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to sheer forces (and hence to flow)

thickness - resistance to flow

thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"

hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure

breakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressure

unbreakableness - a consistency of something that does not break under pressure

porosity, porousness - the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

solidity, solidness - the consistency of a solid

subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

recital, yarn, narration - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

embody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"