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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Between these firsthand testimonies from veterans, his own medical miracle, and the spiritual experience, Perry became convinced that helping legitimize ibogaine should be his life’s mission.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
His research has included brain scans of people in prayer, meditation, rituals, and trance states, as well as surveys of people's spiritual experiences and attitudes.

— Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of spiritual

Adjective

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
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

Definition of metaphysical

Adjective

The actor went on to appear in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, Oliver Stone’s Savages, and the FX series The Bridge, and most recently supernatural horror Black Phone 2 and Andy Garcia’s Diamond.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Blending horror with comedy, the Apple TV show takes place in a fictitious New England island town afflicted by a centuries-old curse that brings about supernatural evils.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

Definition of supernatural

Adjective

Top down, paddle shifters playing tunes with the twin-turbo V-8, laser-precise steering channeling the car through turn after turn as if guided by invisible rails.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
In other words, the Reply All option makes your reply visible by distributing it to the visible, not invisible, recipient list.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 7 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

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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

Definition of nonphysical

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