bodyless
Lacking physical presence
Bodyless describes something without a physical body.
A ghost or spirit is bodyless—present but incorporeal.
The word applies to abstract entities that lack material form: bodyless voices echoed through the empty hall.
In digital contexts, bodyless can describe disembodied communication—text without a visible speaker, presence without physical form.
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- ghostApparition of the dead
spirit · shade · poltergeist · revenant · ectoplasm · haunt · manifestation · presence
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- intangibleNot physically present
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- formlessLacking definite shape
shapeless · invisible · weightless · substanceless · bodiless · fleshless · unembodied · dematerialized
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- astralRelating to stars
consciousness · essence · enlightenment · nirvana · ascension · reincarnation · meditation · astral projection
Of discrete data
- avatarDigital user representation
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
hologram · AI · simulation · telepresence · metaverse · bot · upload · neural interface
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
ghost · spirit · shade · poltergeist · revenant · ectoplasm · haunt · manifestation · presence · visitation
immaterial
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- intangibleNot physically present
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
formless · shapeless · invisible · weightless · substanceless · bodiless · fleshless · unembodied · dematerialized · discarnate
soul
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
astral · consciousness · essence · enlightenment · nirvana · ascension · reincarnation · meditation · astral projection · higher self
digital
Of discrete data
- avatarDigital user representation
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
virtual reality · hologram · AI · simulation · telepresence · metaverse · bot · upload · neural interface