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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorporeal

Adjective

Only the Avatar, a spiritual figure reincarnated with each subsequent generation, can bend all four elements at once.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026
Bhajan clubbing has brought Hindu tradition to the dance floor, providing a sober and spiritual nightlife experience.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 July 2026

Definition of spiritual

Adjective

The war on language is more metaphysical than just the policing of proper social justice terminology, Williams argues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Varsha’s mysterious memories are apparently linked to a much larger set of crises, and in order to make sense of these connections, both Dinu and Ghosh will have to dispense with the material and tread into the metaphysical.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of metaphysical

Adjective

Whitehead’s noirish début tells the story of a Black elevator inspector with supernatural gifts, who is framed for an accident amid a sectarian struggle to define the cities of the future.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
The Blumhouse production sees Chastain portray Ursula, a wife and mother, as well as a supernatural entity that haunts her family’s home.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Definition of supernatural

Adjective

What won the World Cup was the invisible connection between the bodies that ultimately beat him.

— Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Ultimately, containers are supposed to behave almost like bits of data, moving across land and sea as if along invisible data lines.

— Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 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

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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