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adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of physical

1 of or relating to the human body

  • physical sensations such as heat and pain
Synonyms of physical

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, somatic
Words Related to physical

anatomic (or anatomical), physiological (or physiologic)

sensual, sensuous

hand-to-hand
Near Antonyms of physical

cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological (also psychologic)

bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritual

ethereal, metaphysical, psychic (also psychical)
Antonyms of physical

nonmaterial, nonphysical

2 relating to or composed of matter

  • couldnʼt tell the difference between a physical object and a shadow in the dim light
Synonyms of physical

concrete, material, substantial
Words Related to physical

bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, embodied, fleshly

apparent, appreciable, detectable, discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, tangible, touchable, visible

objective, phenomenal

bulky, heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, solid, weighty
Near Antonyms of physical

bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, formless, incorporeal, unbodied

ethereal, insubstantial, unsubstantial

impalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible, unnoticeable

airy, diaphanous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish

metaphysical, spiritual
Antonyms of physical

immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical

Synonym Discussion of physical

material, physical, corporeal, phenomenal, sensible, objective mean of or belonging to actuality. material implies formation out of tangible matter; used in contrast with spiritual or ideal it may connote the mundane, crass, or grasping.
    • material values
physical applies to what is perceived directly by the senses and may contrast with mental, spiritual, or imaginary.
    • the physical benefits of exercise
corporeal implies having the tangible qualities of a body such as shape, size, or resistance to force.
    • artists have portrayed angels as corporeal beings
phenomenal applies to what is known or perceived through the senses rather than by intuition or rational deduction.
    • scientists concerned with the phenomenal world
sensible stresses the capability of readily or forcibly impressing the senses.
    • the earth's rotation is not sensible to us
objective may stress material or independent existence apart from a subject perceiving it.
    • no objective evidence of damage

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