Synonyms for flesh
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1. fleshnoun

   the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

   Synonyms:
   material body, chassis, build, form, figure, shape, pulp, human body, physical body, soma, physique, anatomy, frame, bod

2. human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, fleshnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   framing, course, skeletal system, figure, pulp, frame, shape, variety, kind, conformation, figure of speech, image, chassis, physical body, trope, frame of reference, soma, haoma, human body, underframe, strain, contour, grade, systema skeletale, general anatomy, cast, form, mannikin, inning, physique, phase, mannequin, condition, skeleton, body-build, habitus, configuration, fig, variant, number, digit, class, pattern, bod, name, skeletal frame, signifier, embodiment, descriptor, manikin, public figure, sort, anatomy, word form, var., design, material body, manakin, build

3. pulp, fleshverb

   a soft moist part of a fruit

   Synonyms:
   shape, bod, figure, mush, material body, frame, form, build, chassis, anatomy, physical body, pulp, pulp magazine, soma, human body, physique

4. fleshverb

   remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Tissue
   • Body
   • Remove

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   muscle and fat (of animal bodies)

2. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   meat, animal food

3. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   pulp, edible part of fruit

4. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   body (as opposed to spirit), flesh and blood

5. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   carnality, sensual appetites, bodily desires

6. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   kindred, stock, race

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fleshnoun

   Synonyms:
   meat, carnage, pulp (of fruit), carnality, sensual appetites, carrion (decaying flesh)

   Associated words:
   incarnate, incarnation, excarnate, excarnation, carnate, carneous, trichina, trichinosis, carnassial, carnification, carnify

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "flesh":

   meat, pulp, chair, broiler, skin

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1. Confucius:

   He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

2. Doris Lessing:

   All sanity depends on this that is should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh.

3. Wendell Berry:

   In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world.

4. Amir Alsid:

   I was born of flesh and blood on record, and upon my first breath became the record, therefore I am the record.

5. Ilhan Omar:

   John Lewis was one of the rare political figures in Washington who was widely revered. At a time when politics isso divisive and Republicans and Democrats are firmly entrenched in separate camps, John Lewis was the congressman who transcended party affiliation and was regarded as a national treasure in Washington. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she burst into tears when she first arrived at the Capitol for freshman orientation in 2018 and had a chance to meet John Lewis. I ran into Congressman John Lewis and I burst into tears and I said to him, Sir, I read about you in middle school and you are here in the flesh and I get to be your colleague.