unbodied

Examples

• All

• In the folklore of some communities, unbodied souls are said to wander until they find peace.

• Was the figure who ranged through the swamps and the desolate forests a lion, a man, or a fiend, an unbodied elemental?

  Fiction book (1990)

• Many cultures believe in unbodied entities that influence the world without having a physical form.

Synonyms

D

disembodied

vsunbodied

15 8.0

Seeming to exist without a body, like a voice or spirit

means absence of a body itself rather than appearing separated from one

I

immaterial

vsunbodied

4 7.4

Not physical and cannot be touched

stresses absence of body specifically rather than general nonmaterial nature

I

incorporeal

vsunbodied

2 9.9

Not having a physical body or shape that you can touch

uses the same idea but emphasizes lack of bodily substance more generally

B

bodiless

vsunbodied

1 8.1

Not having a physical form, like a spirit or ghost

focuses specifically on being incorporeal rather than just lacking a body

N

noncorporeal

vsunbodied

1 9.8

Without a physical body or shape

is the same sense but expressed with a broader, less technical tone

B

bodyless

vsunbodied

1 8.2

Not having any physical shape you can touch, like a voice or shadow

concentrates more narrowly on lacking any bodily substance rather than parts

U

unembodied

vsunbodied

9.9

Not having a physical body, like a ghost

frames that existence with the single word meaning of lacking bodily form

D

discorporate

vsunbodied

• Literature

9.9

A being that has no physical body like a ghost

is similar but uses a simpler, more neutral way to say the same thing

U

unphysical

vsunbodied

9.1

About the mind or spirit rather than the body

is narrower, focusing only on literally having no physical body

Antonyms

C

corporeal

• Formal

15 8.4

Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology