spirits

Speech parts

1. spirits - Noun

2. spirits - Verb

Meaning

spirits

third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit

spirits

plural of spirit

spirits pl (plural only)

Distilled alcoholic beverages.
Synonym: (chiefly American English) liquor

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

marc elan cognac rye brandy redeye state bourbon hooch liquorice distiller schnapps mescal alcohol beer

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Antonyms

food

Hypernyms

alcohol intoxicant inebriant alcoholic beverage alcoholic drink

Hyponyms

brandy arak schnapps mescal gin rum

Phrases with the word

high spirits in good spirits evil spirits guardian spirits bad spirits low in spirits

Anagrams

tripsis Pristis

Examples

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. Mahatma Gandhi

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. Robert Louis Stevenson

Ask help from the spirits after having used all your strength. Kiganda Proverb

The spirits are the strength and counsel to the living. African Proverb

Sometimes the spirits speaks for you and sometimes the spirits makes you speak. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

spiritous spiritousness spiritrompe spirits of ammonia spirits of gum turpentine spirits of hartshorn