corporeal C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /kɔrˈpɔriəl/ UK /kɔːˈpɔːriəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual The ghost seemed almost corporeal in the candlelight. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to a material... physicalbodilymaterialtangiblesubstantialfleshly ↔ Opposites spiritualincorporealimmaterialintangibleethereal Word family Derived forms corporeallycorporeality Related forms corporalcorpsecorpscorpulentcorpus Etymology AI details From Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'. corporeus Latin corpus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # corporeal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /kɔrˈpɔriəl/ **IPA (UK):** /kɔːˈpɔːriəl/ ## Meanings 1. relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual ## Examples - The ghost seemed almost corporeal in the candlelight. ## Synonyms - physical - bodily - material - tangible - substantial - fleshly ## Antonyms - spiritual - incorporeal - immaterial - intangible - ethereal ## Derived Forms - corporeally - corporeality ## Related Forms - corporal - corpse - corps - corpulent - corpus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: corporeus - Root: corpus ## Etymology From Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'. ## AI Etymology Corporeal is from Latin 'corporeus' ('of the body, bodily'), from 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis', 'body'), plus the English suffix '-al'. Important recorded forms include corporeus (Latin) and corpus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual. The wider family includes derived forms such as corporeally and corporeality and related words such as corporal, corpse, corps, corpulent, and corpus. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown