1.  all(a = adj.all) - quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome"
Antonyms: no, some

2.  all(s = adj.all) - completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention"

   all(r = adv.all) altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

1.  The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). [1913 Webster]
"Prove all things: hold fast that which is good." [1913 Webster]

2.  Any. Shak. [1913 Webster]
" When the definite article “the,” or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys." [1913 Webster]
"This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers." [1913 Webster]

3.  Only; alone; nothing but. [1913 Webster]
"I was born to speak all mirth and no matter." [1913 Webster]

1.  Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. Byron. [1913 Webster]
" In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive." [1913 Webster]

2.  Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [1913 Webster]
"All as his straying flock he fed." [1913 Webster]
"A damsel lay deploring
All on a rock reclined." [1913 Webster]

   The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. [1913 Webster]
"All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us." [1913 Webster]
" All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately." [1913 Webster]
"Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all." [1913 Webster]
"All that thou seest is mine." [1913 Webster]
"Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee,
Forever." [1913 Webster]
"Trust me not at all, or all in all." [1913 Webster]

   Although; albeit. [1913 Webster]
"All they were wondrous loth." [1913 Webster]

all, adj., n., & adv.
--adj.
1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; we all know why; take it all). b (with pl.) the entire number of (all the others left; all ten men; the children are all boys; film stars all).
2 any whatever (beyond all doubt).
3 greatest possible (with all speed).
--n.
1 a all the persons or things concerned (all were present; all were thrown away). b everything (all is lost; that is all).
2 (foll. by of) a the whole of (take all of it). b every one of (all of us). c colloq. as much as (all of six feet tall). d colloq. affected by; in a state of (all of a dither).
3 one's whole strength or resources (prec. by my, your, etc.).
4 (in games) on both sides (two goals all).

Idiom:
all along all the time (he was joking all along). all-American
1 representing the whole of (or only) America or the US.
2 truly American (all-American boy). all and sundry everyone. all-around US = all-round. All Blacks colloq. the New Zealand international Rugby Union football team. all but very nearly (it was all but impossible; he was all but drowned). all-clear a signal that danger or difficulty is over.
All Fools' Day
1 April. all for colloq. strongly in favour of. All Hallows see HALLOW. all-important crucial; vitally important. all in colloq. exhausted. all-in (attrib.) inclusive of all. all in all everything considered. all-in wrestling wrestling with few or no restrictions. all manner of see MANNER. all of a sudden see SUDDEN. all one (or the same) (usu. foll. by to) a matter of indifference (it's all one to me). all out involving all one's strength; at full speed (also (with hyphen) attrib. : an all-out effort). all over 1 completely finished.
2 in or on all parts of (esp. the body) (went hot and cold all over; mud all over the carpet).
3 colloq. typically (that is you all over).
4 sl. effusively attentive to (a person). all-purpose suitable for many uses. all right (predic.)
)
1 satisfactory; safe and sound; in good condition.
2 satisfactorily, as desired (it worked out all right).
3 a an interjection expressing consent or assent to a proposal or order. b as an intensifier (that's the one all right). all-right attrib.adj. colloq. fine, acceptable (an all-right guy).
all round
1 in all respects (a good performance all round).
2 for each person (he bought drinks all round). all-round (attrib.) (of a person) versatile. all-rounder Brit. a versatile person.
All Saints' Day
1 Nov. all the same nevertheless, in spite of this (he was innocent but was punished all the same). all set colloq. ready to start. All Souls' Day
2 Nov. all there colloq. mentally alert. all-time (of a record etc.) hitherto unsurpassed. all the time see TIME. all together all at once; all in one place or in a group (they came all together) ( cf. ALTOGETHER). all told in all. all-up weight the total weight of an aircraft with passengers, cargo, etc., when airborne. all very well colloq. an expression used to reject or to imply scepticism about a favourable or consoling remark. all the way the whole distance; completely. at all (with neg. or interrog.) in any way; to any extent (did not swim at all; did you like it at all?). be all up with see UP. in all in total number; altogether (there were 10 people in all). on all fours see FOUR. one and all everyone.

Usage:
Widely used with of in sense 2a, b, esp. when followed by a pronoun or by a noun implying a number of persons or things, as in all of the children are here. However, use with mass nouns (as in all of the bread) is often avoided.
--adv.
1 a entirely, quite (dressed all in black; all round the room; the all-important thing). b as an intensifier (a book all about ships; stop all this grumbling).
2 colloq. very (went all shy).
3 (foll. by the + compar.) a by so much; to that extent (if they go, all the better). b in the full degree to be expected (that makes it all the worse).

Etymology:
OE all, eall, prob. f. Gmc

N  whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien, whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien, whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

N  completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

N  generality, generalization, universality, catholicity, catholicism, miscellany, miscellaneousness, dragnet, common run, worldwideness, everyone, everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife, anybody, N or M, all sorts, prevalence, run, general, generic, collective, broad, comprehensive, sweeping, encyclopedical, widespread, universal, catholic, catholical, common, worldwide, ecumenical, oecumenical, transcendental, prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting, all over, covered with, Pan-American, Anglican, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary, whatever, whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run.

above all, after all, all along, all around, all arounder, all at once, all but, all clear, all comprehensive, all creation, all day long, all ears, all embracing, all fools' day, all fours, all get out, all hail, all important, all in, all in all, all in the mind, all inclusive, all of a sudden, all out, all over, all overs, all pervading, all powerful, all right, all round, all saints, all saints', all saints' day, all seeing, all set, all souls' day, all the same, all the time, all the way, all things considered, all thumbs, all together, all told, all too, at all, at all costs, be all and end all, best of all, bugger all, by all means, by all odds, end all, fall all over, first of all, for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes, for all the world, fuck all, go all out, heal all, in all, in all conscience, in all likelihood, in all probability, in all respects, jack of all trades, know all the answers, least of all, not all there, not at all, of all time, on all fours, once and for all, one and all, pull out all the stops, to all intents and purposes, uptails all, with all respect

1.  soul(n = noun.person) psyche - the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life;
is a kind of spirit
has particulars: ghost

2.  soul(n = noun.tops) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
is a kind of being, organism, causal agency, causal agent, cause
has parts: personality, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
is a member of people
has particulars: self, adult, grownup, adventurer, venturer, anomaly, unusual person, applicant, applier, appointee, appointment, capitalist, captor, capturer, changer, modifier, color-blind person, common man, common person, commoner, communicator, contestant, coward, creator, controversialist, disputant, eristic, applied scientist, engineer, technologist, entertainer, experimenter, expert, face, female, female person, individualist, denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, native, inexperienced person, innocent, intellect, intellectual, juvenile, juvenile person, lover, loved one, leader, male, male person, money dealer, money handler, national, subject, nonreligious person, nonworker, compeer, equal, match, peer, beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient, percher, forerunner, precursor, primitive, primitive person, religious person, sensualist, traveler, traveller, unfortunate, unfortunate person, persona non grata, unwelcome person, unskilled person, worker, african, person of color, person of colour, black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid, caucasian, white, white person, amerindian, native american, slav, gentile, hebrew, israelite, jew, aries, ram, bull, taurus, gemini, twin, cancer, crab, leo, lion, virgin, virgo, balance, libra, scorpio, scorpion, archer, sagittarius, capricorn, goat, aquarius, water bearer, fish, pisces, abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker, achiever, succeeder, success, winner, acquaintance, friend, acquirer, active, actor, doer, worker, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, advisee, advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent, affiant, agnostic, doubter, amateur, ancient, anti, anti-american, apprehender, appreciator, archaist, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, boomer, baby buster, buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, balker, baulker, noncompliant, bullfighter, toreador, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, bereaved person, best, topper, birth, biter, blogger, blond, blonde, bluecoat, bodybuilder, muscle-builder, muscle builder, musclebuilder, muscleman, bomber, brunet, brunette, buster, candidate, prospect, case, cashier, celebrant, celebrater, celebrator, censor, chameleon, beguiler, charmer, baby, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, aggregator, collector, battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, convert, ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator, counter, counterterrorist, crawler, creeper, creature, wight, creditor, cripple, dancer, social dancer, dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed, deaf person, debaser, degrader, debitor, debtor, defecator, shitter, voider, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, discriminator, disentangler, unraveler, unraveller, contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, divider, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, double, image, look-alike, dresser, dribbler, driveller, drooler, slobberer, drug user, substance abuser, user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, effector, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, enjoyer, enrollee, ethnic, adventurer, explorer, extravert, extrovert, faddist, faller, fastener, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, free spirit, freewheeler, friend, fleer, fugitive, runaway, gainer, gainer, weight gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, saluter, welcomer, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight person, gay, homo, homophile, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, insured, insured person, interpreter, introvert, jat, gem, jewel, jumper, junior, killer, slayer, relation, relative, kink, kneeler, knocker, apprehender, knower, large person, latin, laugher, assimilator, learner, scholar, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, life, lightning rod, linguist, polyglot, literate, literate person, liver, longer, thirster, yearner, loose cannon, machine, mailer, malcontent, man, manipulator, man jack, married, masturbator, onanist, measurer, nonmember, mesomorph, ladino, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, miracle worker, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, maimer, mangler, mutilator, namer, namesake, neglecter, neighbor, neighbour, neutral, nondescript, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonperson, unperson, nonresident, nonsmoker, nude, nude person, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ejector, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, possessor, coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler, pansexual, excuser, forgiver, pardoner, partner, party, passer, personage, personification, perspirer, sweater, philosopher, chooser, picker, selector, pisser, urinator, contriver, deviser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, preserver, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, carrottop, red-header, redhead, redheader, registrant, allayer, comforter, reliever, repeater, recoverer, rescuer, saver, rester, controller, restrainer, revenant, have, rich person, wealthy person, right-hander, right hander, righthander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, swayer, rusher, scientist, scratcher, mediocrity, second-rater, cloud seeder, seeder, quester, searcher, seeker, segregate, romanticist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, mover and shaker, shaker, showman, signatory, signer, simple, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slider, slipper, slave, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, sniveler, snuffer, snuffler, socialiser, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, expectorator, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squint-eye, squinter, smotherer, stifler, stigmatic, stigmatist, stooper, stranger, struggler, case, guinea pig, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, yielder, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tagger, tapper, tempter, termer, scourge, terror, threat, testate, testator, scrag, skin and bones, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transferee, transexual, transsexual, cross-dresser, transvestite, attempter, essayer, trier, turner, tyrant, opener, undoer, unfastener, untier, user, vanisher, dupe, victim, victorian, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, needer, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, doormat, weakling, wuss, weasel, squirmer, wiggler, wriggler, winker, withholder, witness, worldling, yawner

3.  soul(n = noun.feeling) soulfulness - deep feeling or emotion;
is a kind of feeling

4.  soul(n = noun.act) - the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
is a kind of embodiment

5.  soul(n = noun.communication) - 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"
is a kind of african-american music, black music, gospel, gospel singing

   Sole. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

   To afford suitable sustenance. Warner. [1913 Webster]

1.  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.” Tylor. [1913 Webster]
"The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing." [1913 Webster]

2.  The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul." [1913 Webster]

3.  The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army. [1913 Webster]
"He is the very soul of bounty!" [1913 Webster]

4.  Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. [1913 Webster]
"That he wants algebra he must confess;
But not a soul to give our arms success." [1913 Webster]

5.  A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. [1913 Webster]
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." [1913 Webster]
"God forbid so many simple souls
Should perish by the sword!" [1913 Webster]
"Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul)." [1913 Webster]

6.  A pure or disembodied spirit. [1913 Webster]
"That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven
Shall bend the knee." [1913 Webster]

7.  A perceived shared community and awareness among African-Americans. [PJC]

8.  Soul music. [PJC]
" Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc." [1913 Webster]

   To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

   By or for African-Americans, or characteristic of their culture; as, soul music; soul newspapers; soul food. [PJC]

soul, n.
1 the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being, often regarded as immortal.
2 the moral or emotional or intellectual nature of a person or animal.
3 the personification or pattern of something (the very soul of discretion).
4 an individual (not a soul in sight).
5 a a person regarded with familiarity or pity etc. (the poor soul was utterly confused). b a person regarded as embodying moral or intellectual qualities (left that to meaner souls).
6 a person regarded as the animating or essential part of something (the life and soul of the party).
7 emotional or intellectual energy or intensity, esp. as revealed in a work of art (pictures that lack soul).
8 Black American culture or music etc.

Idiom:
soul-destroying (of an activity etc.) deadeningly monotonous. soul food the traditional food of American Blacks. soul mate a person ideally suited to another. soul music a kind of music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel music, popularized by American Blacks. the soul of honour a person incapable of dishonourable conduct. soul-searching n. the examination of one's emotions and motives.
--adj. characterized by this. upon my soul an exclamation of surprise.

Derivative:
-souled adj. (in comb.).

Etymology:
OE sawol, sawel, sawl, f. Gmc

N  intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.

N  affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper, temperament, diathesis, idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul, predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency, vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul, backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion, furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy, fervor, fire, force, affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast, attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed, prone, inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn, inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate, pathoscopic, congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain, affective, in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul, affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffe.

N  life, vitality, viability, animation, vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit, respiration, wind, breath of life, breath of one's nostrils, oxygen, air, respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung, medical devices, lifeblood, Archeus, existence, vivification, vital force, vitalization, revivification, Prometheus, life to come, physiology, biology, animal ecology, nourishment, staff of life, genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production), microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile, methanogen, archaebacteria, microaerophile, animal, vegetable, artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence, breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature, preservation of life, healing (medicine), living, alive, in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living, on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated, animative, lively, all alive and kicking, tenacious of life, full of life, yeasty, vital, vitalic, vivifying, vivified viable, zoetic, Promethean, vivendi causa, atqui vivere militare est, non est vivere sed valere vita.

N  man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.

N  intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.

N  intelligence, wisdom, intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding, cuteness, sabe, savvy, intellect, nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness, acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity, discernment, due sense of, good judgment, discrimination, cunning, refinement, head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom, sapience, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense, rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment, solidity, depth, profundity, caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent, prudence, vigilance, tact, foresight, sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, Solomon-like wisdom, intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, wide- awake, canny, shrewd, astute, clear-headed, farsighted, discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing, argute, quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to, clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong- minded, unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed, undazzled, unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair, cool, cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting, solid, deep, profound, oracular, heaven-directed, heaven-born, prudent, sober, stand, solid, considerate, politic, wise in one's generation, watchful, provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon, wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised, prudent, politic, expedient, aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, but with the morning cool reflection came, flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, gnothi seauton, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia.

body and soul, dead soul, heart and soul, lost soul, soul brother, soul food, soul kiss, soul mate, soul stirring, trusting soul

1.  day(n = noun.time) 24-hour interval, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
is a kind of time unit, unit of time
has parts: day, daylight, daytime, high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon, dark, night, nighttime, 60 minutes, hour, hr
has particulars: tomorrow, today, yesterday, morrow, eve, date, day of the month, date
Derived form adjective daily₁

2.  day(n = noun.time) - some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"
is a kind of time
has particulars: crack of doom, day of judgement, day of judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day, last day, last judgement, last judgment, off-day

3.  day(n = noun.time) - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
is a kind of calendar day, civil day
has particulars: admission day, arbor day, cinco de mayo, commencement day, degree day, november 5, inauguration day, january 20, bissextile day, february 29, leap day, v-day, victory day, rag day, red-letter day, payday, election day, polling day, field day, field day, ides, market day, walpurgis night, december 31, new year's eve, january 19, lee's birthday, robert e lee's birthday, robert e lee day, tet, holiday, february 2, groundhog day, february 12, lincoln's birthday, february 14, saint valentine's day, st valentine's day, valentine's day, valentine day, february 22, washington's birthday, march 2, texas independence day, march 17, saint patrick's day, st patrick's day, all fools' day, april fools', april fools' day, april 14, pan american day, patriot's day, first of may, may 1, may day, mother's day, armed forces day, davis' birthday, jefferson davis' birthday, june 3, flag day, june 14, father's day, citizenship day, september 17, american indian day, october 24, united nations day, allhallows eve, hallowe'en, halloween, saint's day, june 23, midsummer eve, midsummer night, st john's eve, st john's night, school day, speech day, washday, washing day, wedding day, anniversary, day of remembrance

4.  day(n = noun.time) daylight, daytime - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
is a part of 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours
has parts: forenoon, morn, morning, morning time
has particulars: afternoon, midafternoon, eve, even, evening, eventide
Antonym: night

5.  day(n = noun.time) - the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed"
is a kind of work time
has particulars: workday, working day

6.  day(n = noun.time) - an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"
is a kind of epoch, era

7.  day(n = noun.time) - the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
has particulars: lunar day

8.  day(n = noun.time) sidereal day - the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day;
is a kind of time unit, unit of time, sidereal time

9.  day(n = noun.state) - a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day"
is a kind of chance, opportunity

10.  day(n = noun.person) clarence day, clarence shepard day jr. - United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935);
is a kind of author, writer

day, n.
1 the time between sunrise and sunset.
2 a a period of 24 hours as a unit of time, esp. from midnight to midnight, corresponding to a complete revolution of the earth on its axis. b a corresponding period on other planets (Martian day).
3 daylight (clear as day).
4 the time in a day during which work is normally done (an eight-hour day).
5 a (also pl.) a period of the past or present (the modern day; the old days). b (prec. by the) the present time (the issues of the day).
6 the lifetime of a person or thing, esp. regarded as useful or productive (have had my day; in my day things were different).
7 a point of time (will do it one day).
8 a the date of a specific festival. b a day associated with a particular event or purpose (graduation day; payday; Christmas day).
9 a particular date; a date agreed on.
10 a day's endeavour, or the period of an endeavour, esp. as bringing success (win the day).

Idiom:
all in a (or the) day's work part of normal routine. at the end of the day in the final reckoning, when all is said and done. call it a day end a period of activity, esp. resting content that enough has been done. day after day without respite. day and night all the time. day-boy (or -girl) Brit. a boy or girl who goes daily from home to school, esp. a school that also has boarders. day by day gradually. day care the supervision of young children during the working day. day centre a place providing care for the elderly or handicapped during the day. day-dream n. a pleasant fantasy or reverie.
--v.intr. indulge in this. day-dreamer a person who indulges in day-dreams. day in, day out routinely, constantly. day labourer an unskilled labourer hired by the day. day lily any plant of the genus Hemerocallis, whose flowers last only a day. day nursery a nursery where children are looked after during the working day. day off a day's holiday from work. Day of Judgement = Judgement Day. day of reckoning see RECKONING. day of rest the Sabbath. day out a trip or excursion for a day. day-owl any owl hunting by day esp. the short-eared owl. day release Brit. a system of allowing employees days off work for education. day return a fare or ticket at a reduced rate for a journey out and back in one day. day-room a room, esp. a communal room in an institution, used during the day. day-school a school for pupils living at home. day-to-day mundane, routine. day-trip a trip or excursion completed in one day. day-tripper a person who goes on a day-trip. not one's day a day of successive misfortunes for a person. on one's day at one's peak of capability. one of these days before very long. one of those days a day when things go badly. some day at some point in the future. that will be the day colloq. that will never happen. this day and age the present time or period.

Derivative:
dayless adj.

Etymology:
OE d{aelig}g f. Gmc

N  period, age, era, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation, epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon, century, millennium, annus magnus, horary, hourly, annual.

N  the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion, the times, the existing time, the time being, today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century, nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour, age, time of life, present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is, present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment, at this time, at this moment, at the present time, now, at present, at hand, at this time of day, today, nowadays, already, even now, but now, just now, on the present occasion, for the time being, for the nonce, pro hac vice, on the nail, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, until now, to this day, to the present day, the present hour alone is man's.

N  light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil, sunbeam, moonbeam, aurora, day, sunshine, light of day, light of heaven, moonlight, starlight, sunlight, daylight, broad daylight, noontide light, noontide, noonday, noonday sun, glow, glimmering, glint, play of light, flood of light, phosphorescence, lambent flame, flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola, spark, scintilla, facula, sparkling, emication, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration, flame, lightning, levin, ignis fatuus, luster, sheen, shimmer, reflexion, reflection, gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, effulgence, refulgence, fulgor, fulgidity, dazzlement, resplendence, transplendency, luminousness, luminosity, lucidity, renitency, nitency, radiance, radiation, irradiation, illumination, actinic rays, actinism, Roentgen-ray, Xray, photography, heliography, photometer, optics, photology, photometry, dioptrics, catoptrics, chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality, reflection, refraction, dispersion, refractivity, shining, luminous, luminiferous, lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous, light, lightsome, bright, vivid, splendent, nitid, lustrous, shiny, beamy, scintillant, radiant, lambent, sheen, sheeny, glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian, noonday, tide, cloudless, clear, unclouded, unobscured, gairish, garish, resplendent, transplendent, refulgent, effulgent, fulgid, fulgent, relucent, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant, meteoric, phosphorescent, aglow, bright as silver, light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday, actinic, photogenic, graphic, heliographic, heliophagous, a day for gods to stoop and men to soar, dark with excessive bright.

admission day, all day long, all fools' day, all saints' day, all souls' day, american indian day, annunciation day, april fools' day, arbor day, armed forces day, armistice day, ascension day, bastille day, bissextile day, boxing day, break of day, break of the day, by the day, calendar day, call it a day, candlemas day, childermas day, christian holy day, christmas day, citizenship day, civil day, clarence day, clarence shepard day jr., class day, columbus day, commencement day, commonwealth day, day after day, day bed, day blindness, day boarder, day book, day by day, day camp, day care, day care center, day game, day in and day out, day in day out, day jessamine, day laborer, day labourer, day lily, day nursery, day of atonement, day of judgement, day of judgment, day of reckoning, day of remembrance, day of rest, day of the month, day of the week, day off, day return, day school, day shift, day watch, decoration day, degree day, discovery day, dominion day, each day, easter day, election day, ember day, empire day, every day, fast day, father's day, feast day, fete day, field day, flag day, forever and a day, future day, gain the day, good day, groundhog day, guy fawkes day, high holy day, holy day, holy day of obligation, holy innocents' day, inauguration day, independence day, innocents' day, jewish holy day, judgement day, judgment day, labor day, lady day, lammas day, last day, leap day, lord's day, lunar day, major fast day, market day, martin luther king day, may day, mean solar day, memorial day, michaelmas day, midsummer day, midsummer's day, minor fast day, mother's day, naked as the day one was born, naked as the day you were born, name day, natal day, new year's day, night and day, order of the day, pan american day, pancake day, patriot's day, patriots' day, pioneers' day, polling day, poppy day, present day, presidents' day, quarter day, rag day, rainy day, red-letter day, remembrance day, rest day, robert e lee day, rogation day, saint patrick's day, saint valentine's day, saint's day, school day, seize the day, sidereal day, six day war, solar day, speech day, st john's day, st martin's day, st patrick's day, st valentine's day, tag day, term day, texas independence day, thanksgiving day, three kings' day, time of day, transfiguration day, twelfth day, united nations day, unlucky day, v-e day, v-j day, valentine day, valentine's day, veterans day, veterans' day, victoria day, victory day, washing day, wedding day, work day, working day