spirit
spirit is a 6-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- noun. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
- noun. Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
- noun. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
- noun. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
- noun. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
- noun. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
- noun. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
- noun. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
- noun. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
- noun. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
- noun. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
- noun. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
- noun. A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
- noun. Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- noun. Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
- transitive verb. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
- transitive verb. To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
- noun. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- noun. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
"he had a change of heart"
- noun. animation and energy in action or expression
"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
- noun. the intended meaning of a communication
- noun. any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- noun. the vital principle or animating force within living things
- noun. the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
"his emotional state depended on her opinion"
"he was in good spirits"
- noun. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
- verb. infuse with spirit
"The company spirited him up"
Synonyms
heart, life, liveliness, sprightliness, intent, purport, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, tone, inspirit
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spirit:
Common word forms
spirits, spirital, spirited, spiriter, spiritful, spiriting, spiritise, spiritize, spiritous, spiritless
Words from these letters
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