Synonyms for incorporeal
- adjective
Most common
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Adjective
1. Disembodied — having no material form or physical substance
disembodied, bodiless, spiritual, intangible, ethereal, abstract, unembodied, disincarnate, uncorporeal rare
Other
immaterial, uncorporal, unsubstantial dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having no material form or physical substance.
Related words
- Word family
- incorporeality
Example sentences
- spiritual They gave him both material and spiritual support.
- intangible Above the sea hovered a seagull, intangible as a dream.
- disembodied Tom's disembodied voice spoke to the undead army.
- immaterial Age is immaterial, unless you're a bottle of wine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incorporeal | rising | |
| spiritual | rising | |
| intangible | rising | |
| disembodied | rising | |
| bodiless | rising | |
| immaterial | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- abstract2, ethereal4, bodiless
- 9 letters
- spiritual4
- 10 letters
- intangible4, immaterial5, unembodied, uncorporal
- 11 letters
- disembodied4, uncorporeal
- 12 letters
- disincarnate
- 13 letters
- unsubstantial
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abstract2 = 2 syllables).