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Definition of PHYSICAL

1

of or relating to the human body <physical sensations such as heat and pain>

Synonyms animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, somatic

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)

Antonyms nonmaterial, nonphysical

2

relating to or composed of matter <couldn't tell the difference between a physical object and a shadow in the dim light>

Synonyms concrete, physical, substantial

Related Words bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, embodied, fleshly; apparent, appreciable, detectable, discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, tangible, touchable, visible; objective, phenomenal; bulky, heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, solid, weighty

Near Antonyms bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, formless, incorporeal, unbodied; ethereal, insubstantial, unsubstantial; impalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible, unnoticeable; airy, diaphanous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish; metaphysical, spiritual

Antonyms immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical