Synonyms of ethereal

ethereal

adjective

1

as in spiritual

not composed of matter

that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spiritual
• incorporeal
• metaphysical
• supernatural
• psychical
• invisible
• psychic
• bodiless
• immaterial
• nonphysical
• insubstantial
• formless
• nonmaterial
• thin
• unsubstantial
• unbodied
• intangible
• vaporous
• diaphanous
• impalpable
• gaseous
• tenuous
• airy
• insensible
• wispish
• gossamery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• physical
• substantial
• corporeal
• material
• tangible
• carnal
• animal
• visible
• bodily
• discernible
• sensible
• noticeable
• observable
• solid
• detectable
• palpable
• heavy
• massive
• fleshly
• bulky
• discernable

2

as in fluffy

resembling air in lightness

the bakery's scrumptious pastries have a wonderfully ethereal consistency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fluffy
• light
• gossamer
• airy
• delicate
• diaphanous
• wispy
• feathery
• gauzy
• vaporous
• insubstantial
• weightless
• downy
• dainty
• lightweight
• tender
• flimsy
• buoyant
• gossamery
• rarefied
• cobwebby
• lighter-than-air
• unsubstantial
• pillowy
• gauzelike
• cumulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavy
• leaden
• solid
• substantial
• firm
• ponderous
• weighty
• burdensome
• bulky
• cumbersome
• unwieldy
• hefty
• lumpish
• hulking

3

as in celestial

of, relating to, or suggesting heaven

described as a land of ethereal beauty and tranquility

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celestial
• heavenly
• angelic
• blissful
• angelical
• transcendental
• supernal
• empyrean
• empyreal
• supernatural
• transcendent
• elysian
• cosmic
• unworldly
• unearthly
• beatific
• utopian
• cosmical
• Olympian
• galactic
• stellar
• paradisiac
• paradisiacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• infernal
• earthly
• hellish
• chthonian
• chthonic
• sulfurous
• worldly
• terrestrial
• mundane
• plutonian
• Tartarean
• dystopian
• anti-utopian

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