ethereal

ethereal

adjective

Definition of ETHEREAL

1

not composed of matter <that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma>

Synonyms bodiless, ethereal, formless, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, unsubstantial

Related Words metaphysical, psychic (also psychical), supernatural; impalpable, insensible, intangible, invisible; airy, diaphanous, gaseous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish

Near Antonyms animal, carnal, fleshly; detectable, discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, sensible, tangible, visible; bulky, heavy, massive, solid

Antonyms bodily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial

2

resembling air in lightness <the bakery's scrumptious pastries have a wonderfully ethereal consistency>

Synonyms ethereal, fluffy, gossamer, gossamery, light

Related Words cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, downy, feathery, flimsy, gauzelike, gauzy, insubstantial, tender, wispy; buoyant, lighter-than-air, lightweight, rarefied, unsubstantial, vaporous, weightless; cumulous, pillowy

Near Antonyms firm, solid, substantial; bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, hefty, hulking, lumpish, ponderous, unwieldy, weighty

Antonyms heavy, leaden

3

of, relating to, or suggesting heaven <a land of ethereal beauty and tranquillity>

Synonyms elysian, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, supernal

Related Words supernatural, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unworldly; angelic (or angelical), beatific, blissful; Olympian, paradisiacal (or paradisiac), utopian; cosmic (also cosmical), galactic, stellar

Near Antonyms earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly; anti-utopian, dystopian

Antonyms chthonic (also chthonian), hellish, infernal, plutonian, sulfurous, Tartarean