soul (n.)

  1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

    [ Syn: psyche ]

  2. a human being; there was too much for one person to do

    [ Syn: person , person , individual , individual , someone , someone , somebody , somebody , mortal , mortal ]

  3. deep feeling or emotion

    [ Syn: soulfulness ]

  4. the human embodiment of something; the soul of honor'

  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'

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