ethereality
Delicate, airy nature
Ethereality is the quality of being ethereal—delicate, airy, or seemingly otherworldly.
The word describes whatever feels too refined or insubstantial for the material world: the ethereality of her voice, the ethereality of morning mist.
It often carries connotations of beauty or spirituality that transcend ordinary physical existence.
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
tenuous · filmy · feathery · lacy · finespun · cobwebby · translucent · fragile
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
ascension · otherworldly · metaphysical · incorporeal · sublimation · epiphany · awakening · illumination
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- incorporealNot made of matter
- formlessLacking definite shape
amorphous · elusive · nebulous · ungraspable · impalpable · bodiless · weightless · invisible
Pertaining to the universe
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- stardustInterstellar particulate matter
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
astral · stellar · luminous · starlit · heavenly · firmament · iridescent · shimmering
Resembling a specter
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
specter · shade · spirit · haunting · wraithlike · translucent · flickering · vanishing
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gauzyThin and transparent
sheer · tenuous · filmy · feathery · lacy · finespun · cobwebby · translucent · fragile · dainty
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
satori · ascension · otherworldly · metaphysical · incorporeal · sublimation · epiphany · awakening · illumination · divine
immaterial
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- incorporealNot made of matter
formless · amorphous · elusive · nebulous · ungraspable · impalpable · bodiless · weightless · invisible · abstract
cosmic
Pertaining to the universe
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- stardustInterstellar particulate matter
- auroraAtmospheric light display
moonlight · astral · stellar · luminous · starlit · heavenly · firmament · iridescent · shimmering · radiant
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
phantom · specter · shade · spirit · haunting · wraithlike · translucent · flickering · vanishing · disembodied
- divinitydeity, godhood, divine, godhead, holiness
- mysteriousnessenigma, mystique, inscrutability, obscurity, crypticness
- sacred aweawe, holiness, sacredness, sanctity, reverence
etherealitymateriality
State of being consequential
physicality · corporeality · solidity · tangibility · substantiality
etherealityheaviness
State of being weighty
weightiness · density · coarseness · grossness · crudeness
etherealityearthliness
Terrestrial, material nature
worldliness · mundanity · groundedness · earthiness · prosaicness
ethereal, ether, ethers, ethereally, etherealness, etherize, etherized