<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.</li><li>the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come: arguing the immortality of the soul.</li><li>the disembodied spirit of a deceased person: He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.</li><li>the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.</li><li>a human being; person.</li><li>high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc.</li><li>the animating principle; the essential element or part of something.</li><li>the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc.</li><li>the embodiment of some quality: He was the very soul of tact.</li><li>(initial capital letter) Christian Science. God; the divine source of all identity and individuality.</li><li>shared ethnic awareness and pride among Black people, especially Black Americans.</li><li>deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist.</li><li>soul music.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, characteristic of, or for Black Americans or their culture: soul newspapers.</li></ul>