bodilessness
Lacking physical presence
Bodilessness is the state of existing without a physical body.
The term appears in philosophical and spiritual contexts—discussions of souls, ghosts, or consciousness imagined apart from flesh: The mystic sought bodilessness through meditation.
It can also describe a feeling of disconnection from one's own body.
Not made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- intangibleNot physically present
formless · unmanifested · ethereal · insubstantial · abstract · noncorporeal · impalpable · discarnate
Innermost animating essence
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
meditation · astral projection · out-of-body · consciousness · reincarnation · karma · ascension · awakening
Apparition of the dead
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
spirit · phantom · shade · poltergeist · revenant · haunting · ectoplasm · shadowlike
Absence of apparent mass
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- driftingMoving without purpose
- hoveringSuspended without support
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
airiness · suspension · buoyancy · levitation · untethered · groundlessness · free-floating · antigravity
incorporeal
Not made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
intangible · formless · unmanifested · ethereal · insubstantial · abstract · noncorporeal · impalpable · discarnate · otherworldly
soul
Innermost animating essence
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
afterlife · meditation · astral projection · out-of-body · consciousness · reincarnation · karma · ascension · awakening · liberation
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
phantasm · spirit · phantom · shade · poltergeist · revenant · haunting · ectoplasm · shadowlike · translucent
weightlessness
Absence of apparent mass
lightness · airiness · suspension · buoyancy · levitation · untethered · groundlessness · free-floating · antigravity · unboundedness
bodilessnessembodiment
Concrete manifestation of idea
corporeality · physicality · incarnation · flesh and blood · carnality
bodilessnesstangibility
Quality of being touchable
substantiality · solidity · concreteness · palpability · physical presence
bodily, embody, bodies, bodiless, embodiment, embodied, disembodied, embodying, unbodied