as in spiritual
not composed of matter
ghosts are supposed to be bodiless
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Recent Examples of bodiless
The important things are often bodiless.
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Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.
—Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
As is always the political case in this city, crime is spoken about in a faceless and bodiless manner, even when the numbers of those who kill and who are killed by gunfire remain high among this group: young, Black and male.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.
—Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.
—Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
As is always the political case in this city, crime is spoken about in a faceless and bodiless manner, even when the numbers of those who kill and who are killed by gunfire remain high among this group: young, Black and male.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.
—Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodiless
Adjective
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The twice-weekly two-hour temazcal experience, led by a local Mayan shaman, guides participants through an ancestral purification ritual focused on physical and spiritual detoxification.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Ben Tzur understands the spiritual kernel of this process, having studied under Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar in the ancient dhrupad tradition, where rhythmic Vedic chants achieve a similar effect.—
Arman Khan,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Andrews has continued to work on TV, including Sinbad, as Jafar on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and on the Wachowskis’ metaphysical epic Sense8.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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The line’s exact location has been ambiguous and sometimes invisible.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Budgets are decided by Congress, leases by agencies, and major decisions are usually shaped by factors invisible from the outside.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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But, for as intriguing as all of those answers were, the driving force behind the episode was not very supernatural at all.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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Like Stranger Things, The Boroughs features a supernatural mystery that is uncovered by a plucky group of underdogs—rather than teenagers, our heroes are a group of retirees who live in the titular retirement home.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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In contrast to the article’s portrait of a formless contest, recent polling portrays a race that is becoming more structured.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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These new formations are much more likely to occur than for things to turn into a formless goop.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bodiless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodiless. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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