INCORPOREAL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

incorporeal

adjective

ˌin-(ˌ)kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-əl

Definition of incorporeal

as in spiritual

not composed of matter ghosts are supposed to be incorporeal

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Recent Examples of incorporeal 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 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 In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 Christ Jesus’ example shows us how to turn away from material definitions of life by getting to know God as incorporeal divine Life. — Larissa Snorek, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2025 To the casual observer, the data industry can seem incorporeal, its products conjured out of weightless bits. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2024 If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God. — Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024

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Adjective

The story seems a spiritual festival on the German-Polish border become an ensemble dramedy about healing and reinvention.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
But Watts, who is well-versed in gnosticism — an esoteric, religious philosophy that places emphasis on the spiritual realm and obtaining wisdom about oneself — seemed to have had a profound impact on McCollough’s worldview.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of spiritual

Adjective

Majdi described his son’s birth in near-metaphysical terms, his own grief as shattering.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
That Dante lived during both the 13th and 14th centuries — and that Tosches’ movements as his novel’s protagonist take place at the start of the 21st century — means nothing in Schnabel’s meta-metaphysical realm.

— A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of metaphysical

Adjective

Exercises involving public safety partners, facility operators, legal advisors, executive leadership and technical personnel often reveal procedural gaps that remain invisible during routine operations.

— Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The sector has spent decades treating this capital as either invisible or suspicious.

— Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of invisible

Adjective

The important things are often bodiless.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
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

Definition of bodiless

Adjective

So, when companies that used to routinely print tens of billions in annual free cash flow start putting up immaterial sums — or even outflows — investors understandably start to be concerned.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
The live audience was immaterial as long as the jokes were funny.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of immaterial

Adjective

In Ayurveda, Prana, the life force carried by the breath, is understood to nourish both the mind and body and can be viewed as a nonphysical substance, finer than oxygen.

— Trisha Swift, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
In accounting, intangible assets are nonphysical possessions including such things as brands and intellectual property, software, mineral rights ‒ and contracts.

— Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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