spiritual

spiritual

adjective

Definition of SPIRITUAL

1

not composed of matter <a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities>

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

of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion <spiritual songs that have been sung by generations of worshippers>

Synonyms devotional, sacred, spiritual

Related Words blessed (also blest), consecrated, hallowed, holy, sacrosanct, sanctified; solemn; liturgical, ritual, sacramental; semireligious, semisacred

Near Antonyms earthly, mundane, terrene, terrestrial, worldly

Antonyms nonreligious, profane, secular