corporeal

cor·po·re·al

adjective \kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-əl\

Definition of CORPOREAL

1

: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: as

a : not spiritual

b : not immaterial or intangible : substantial

2

archaic : corporal

— cor·po·re·al·ly \-ē-ə-lē\ adverb

— cor·po·re·al·ness noun

Examples of CORPOREAL

1. the corporeal nature of matter
2. <corporeal cravings such as hunger and thirst>

Origin of CORPOREAL

Middle English, from Latin corporeus of the body, from corpor-, corpus

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CORPOREAL

Synonyms

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, physical, fleshly, material, somatic

Antonyms

nonmaterial, nonphysical

Related Words

anatomic (or anatomical), physiological (or physiologic); sensual, sensuous; hand-to-hand

Near Antonyms

cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological (also psychologic); bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritual; ethereal, metaphysical, psychic (also psychical)

See Synonym Discussion at material

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with CORPOREAL

arboreal, armorial, auctorial, authorial, cantorial, censorial, cursorial, factorial, fossorial, marmoreal, memorial, pictorial, praetorial, proctorial, raptorial, rectorial, sartorial, seignorial, sensorial, sponsorial, tonsorial, tutorial, uxorial, vectorial

cor·po·re·al

adjective \kȯr-ˈpōr-ē-əl, -ˈpȯr-\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of CORPOREAL

: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body