incorporeal
Lacking physical form
Incorporeal means without a physical body or material form.
Ghosts, spirits, and souls are incorporeal beings—they exist but cannot be touched.
In law, incorporeal property refers to intangible rights like patents or easements, things that have value but no physical substance.
The medium claimed to sense an incorporeal presence in the room.
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- essenceFundamental nature of something
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
dualism · monism · substance · phenomenology · transcendentalism · universals · mind-body · immaterial
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
banshee · revenant · shade · phantasm · ghost · ectoplasm · haunting · spectral
Cannot be seen
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- impalpableUnable to be touched
- imperceptibleCannot be sensed
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
weightless · formless · ungraspable · elusive · indiscernible · undetectable · immaterial · nonmaterial
Filmy, delicate material
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- airyLight and well-ventilated
nebulous · misty · translucent · delicate · tenuous · filmy · gauzy · shimmering
Worshipped supernatural being
- goddessFemale sacred being
- angelDivine winged messenger
- seraphTopmost heavenly messenger
- cherubWinged heavenly being
archangel · divine · celestial · heavenly · godhood · numen · demigod · immortal
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
afterlife · karma · reincarnation · nirvana · meditation · prayer · holiness · sanctity
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- essenceFundamental nature of something
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
ontology · dualism · monism · substance · phenomenology · transcendentalism · universals · mind-body · immaterial · nonphysical
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
poltergeist · banshee · revenant · shade · phantasm · ghost · ectoplasm · haunting · spectral · spook
invisible
Cannot be seen
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- impalpableUnable to be touched
- imperceptibleCannot be sensed
insubstantial · weightless · formless · ungraspable · elusive · indiscernible · undetectable · immaterial · nonmaterial · bodyless
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
airy · nebulous · misty · translucent · delicate · tenuous · filmy · gauzy · shimmering · luminous
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
cherub · archangel · divine · celestial · heavenly · godhood · numen · demigod · immortal · transcendent
soul
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
enlightenment · afterlife · karma · reincarnation · nirvana · meditation · prayer · holiness · sanctity · sacredness
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- otherworldlyghostly, spectral, eerie, ethereal, phantom
- ghostsapparitions, ghosts, apparition, phantoms, specter
- undeadzombie, vampire, ghost, lich, skeleton
- etherether, aether, ethereal, quintessence, fifth element
- Jewish GodAdonai, YHWH, Yahweh, tetragrammaton, Lord
incorporealtangible
Perceptible by touch
palpable · perceptible · sensible · detectable · visible
corpse, corporation, incorporate, corporeal, corporal, incorporation, incorporated, corpus, incorporating