invisibles
What escapes sight
Invisibles refers to things that cannot be seen, whether literally or figuratively.
In economics, invisibles are services and other intangible items in international trade—banking, insurance, tourism—as opposed to physical goods: The UK runs a surplus on invisibles.
The term also describes people overlooked by society: the invisibles who clean offices at night.
Spirits of the deceased
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
wraiths · poltergeists · hauntings · ethereal · spectral · otherworldly · unearthly · paranormal
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
- atomsSmallest elemental units
molecules · particles · cells · spores · pathogens · plankton · mites · amoeba
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- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- soulInnermost animating essence
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- emotionComplex psychological state
feeling · consciousness · thought · mind · energy · aura · presence · force
Made invisible deliberately
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
cloaked · disguised · masked · buried · latent · undercover · covert · clandestine
Pushed to society's edges
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
voiceless · powerless · disenfranchised · homeless · undocumented · underclass · outcasts · unseen
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
apparitions · wraiths · poltergeists · hauntings · ethereal · spectral · otherworldly · unearthly · paranormal · ectoplasm
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
atoms · molecules · particles · cells · spores · pathogens · plankton · mites · amoeba · electron
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emotion · feeling · consciousness · thought · mind · energy · aura · presence · force · wavelength
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- shroudedCovered and hidden
obscured · cloaked · disguised · masked · buried · latent · undercover · covert · clandestine · incognito
marginalized
Pushed to society's edges
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
unacknowledged · voiceless · powerless · disenfranchised · homeless · undocumented · underclass · outcasts · unseen · unheard
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
invisiblesvisibles
Things able to be seen
tangible goods · merchandise · hard goods · commodities · raw materials
invisiblescelebrities
Well-known public figures
public figures · VIPs · elites · the elite · luminaries
- invisible inkHidden writing fluid
- invisible manMale who cannot be perceived
- invisible friendChild's invented playmate
- invisible people
- invisible fenceWireless pet containment perimeter
- invisible rays