corpse

Speech parts

1. corpse - Noun

2. corpse - Verb

Meaning

A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.

The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stiff cadaver remains clay body carcass dead body dead man mortal remains corps carrion corse corpus snipe relic
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Antonyms

core achieve brain handle alive essence
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Hypernyms

body dead body

Hyponyms

cremains

Phrases with the word

corpse camper as pale as a corpse corpse cap corpse merchant soulless corpse shambling corpse

Anagrams

corpes Cosper Crespo Pescor scoper Scrope

Examples

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. Epictetus

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning. Aleister Crowley

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. Winston Churchill

A cemetery never refuses a corpse. Lebanese Proverb

The fly that has no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave. Nigerian Proverb

He lived a colonel but died a corpse. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

corps diplomatique corps perdu corps-a-corps corpse camp corpse camper corpse candle