embody

Other forms of embody

past tense or participle

embodied

present participle

embodying·

third person

embodies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about embody

What does embody mean?

embody means "represent in bodily form". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embody?

embody has 3 syllables: em-bo-dy. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ɪmˈbɑdi/.

What is another word for embody?

Close synonyms include incarnate, body forth, substantiate, be, personify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embody a common word?

embody is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with embody?

5 words rhyme with embody. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.