soma

1. 1.

   leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink

   SynonymshaomaSarcostemma acidum

   Broadervine

   Part ofSarcostemma
2. 2.

   personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual

   BroaderHindu deity
3. 3.

   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”

   Synonymshuman bodyphysical bodymaterial bodybuildfigurephysiqueanatomyshapebodchassisframeformflesh

   Broaderbody

   Narrowerpersonjuvenile bodyadult bodymale bodyfemale body

   Part ofpersonhomo

Other forms of soma

plural

somata

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 soma

What does soma mean?

soma means "leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soma?

soma has 2 syllables: so-ma. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊmɑ/.

What is another word for soma?

Close synonyms include haoma, Sarcostemma acidum, human body, physical body, material body. 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 soma a common word?

soma 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.