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physical

physical

525 2.1
Relating to the body, its movement and strength
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪzɪkəl/
translation icon : físico
  • She signed up for a physical fitness class to improve her strength and stamina.
  • physical activity
  • physical education
  • physical health

I'm looking at the mental and physical state of my clients.

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Examples

Synonyms

bodily
vsphysical
29 4.0

Relating to the body rather than the mind

focuses on body's actions and activity rather than only body form
corporeal
vsphysical
  • Formal
15 8.4

Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit

contrasts body with mind and emotions rather than spirit

Antonyms

535 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

388 3.0

Relating to the mind and how a person thinks

Compounds

physical therapy
  • Specialized
49 3.7

A treatment that uses exercise and massage to help people move and reduce pain

physical therapist
  • Specialized
27 3.4

A person who helps people regain movement and strength after injury using exercises and hands-on care

Touch between people or between a person and an object

How healthy and fit a person's body is

14 2.8

The parts of a person you can touch, not their mind or spirit

A school subject that teaches exercise and games to keep the body healthy

Good health and strength from regular exercise and healthy eating

Planned activity that uses your muscles to keep you fit and healthy

The body's strength and skill for doing tasks like running or lifting

physical property
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A quality in a material you can see or measure without changing it, like density

physical change
  • Specialized
4 3.4

A change where something changes state or appearance but stays the same substance

4 3.2

A feeling of romantic or sexual interest based on someone's looks

Using a lot of effort with your body during hard work or exercise

physical process
  • Specialized
3 4.0

A change or movement in matter and energy that happens in nature and in experiments, like melting

physical phenomenon
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A natural event that involves matter and energy and can be seen or measured

A situation that cannot happen because it breaks the laws of physics

physical chemistry
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Study of how chemicals behave and change using physics and math

1 3.4

A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability

Things you can touch and own like books or phones

The parts that make up a person or thing and how they are arranged

The study of Earth's natural features and how they change, like mountains and rivers

A short pause from work to move, stretch, or rest

physical anthropology
  • Specialized
6.3

Study of human origins and how bodies changed over time

physical distancing
  • Literature
3.7

Keeping space between people to avoid spreading illness

physical restoration
  • Specialized
4.1

Care that helps someone regain movement and strength after an injury

physical pendulum
  • Specialized
7.7

A solid object that swings around a fixed horizontal axis that is not through its middle

physical topology
  • Specialized
6.7

How people place devices and cables in a computer network

physical value
  • Specialized
8.6

The amount to replace a building or machine after subtracting wear and age

How Mind-Focused

mentalistic
  • Specialized
8.8
cognitive
  • Specialized
134 5.4
behaviorist
  • Specialized
6.3
mechanistic
7 7.4
physical
525 2.1

Surface Forms

physical positive
physically positive

Morphology

physical = physic (opaque) = physic + al

The adjective is historically segmentable as 'physic' + '-al', but the modern body-related meaning is not straightforwardly derivable for a typical learner from the base word alone.

Etymology

Physical comes from the Greek root physis, which is also in the word physique ('body shape'), so it has a long link to the body. That is why physical often means 'relating to the body or bodily activity'.