unbodied

Lacking physical substance

Unbodied describes something lacking a physical body or material form.

It applies to spirits, souls, or abstract entities conceived as existing without corporeal substance.

The word can also characterize thoughts or ideas that have not yet been given concrete expression or embodiment.

The unbodied souls wandered through the mist.

In philosophical and religious contexts, unbodied often distinguishes pure consciousness or spiritual essence from its fleshly manifestation.

ghostly

apparition

Visible supernatural manifestation

specterGhostly threatening presence
phantomInsubstantial apparition
wraithSpectral apparition of someone

shade · ghost · haunt · poltergeist · revenant · ectoplasm · manifestation · presence · visitation · séance

abstract

concept

Abstract mental construct

ideaMental formation
notionImprecise mental impression
thoughtMental concept or reflection

essence · principle · theory · philosophy · abstraction · ideation · formulation · intangible · immaterial · nonphysical

spiritual

soul

Innermost animating essence

spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
afterlifeExistence beyond mortality

astral · ethereal · otherworldly · divinity · enlightenment · reincarnation · ascension · karma · nirvana · salvation

formless

shapeless

Lacking distinct structure

amorphousWithout distinct shape
nebulousUnclear and formless
undefinedNot clearly delineated

indistinct · diffuse · unstructured · fluid · protean · mutable · boundless · limitless · expansive · dissolved

Opposites

physical existence

unbodiedbodied

Having physical form

corporeal · physical · embodied · material · bodily

embodiment/incarnation

unbodiedincarnate

Given bodily form

embodied · manifest · materialized · personified · animated

Family

body, embody, embodiment, bodied, disembodied, incorporeal, embodies, embodying, disembody

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