corporeal

[ kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]

See synonyms for: corporeal corporeality corporeally on Thesaurus.com

adjective

of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
material; tangible: corporeal property.

Origin of corporeal

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corpore(us) “bodily” (corpor- (stem of corpus “body”) + -eus adjective suffix) + -al¹

synonym study For corporeal

1. See physical.

Opposites for corporeal

1	spiritual
2	intangible

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Other words from corporeal

cor·po·re·al·i·ty, cor·po·re·al·ness, noun
cor·po·re·al·ly, adverb
non·cor·po·re·al, adjective
non·cor·po·re·al·i·ty, noun
trans·cor·po·re·al, adjective

Words that may be confused with corporeal

corporal, corporeal

Words Nearby corporeal

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How to use corporeal in a sentence

When Biles spoke about righting her emotional gyroscope as well as her corporeal gyroscope, it hit deep for so many of us.
Simone Biles and Why We All Get the 'Twisties' (Even If We Can't Fly) | Susanna Schrobsdorff | August 2, 2021 | Time
She writes about the sick body, imprisoned bodies, bodies that protest, the sexual body, bodies that have experienced acts of violence — illuminating the strengths and the weaknesses of the corporeal form.
Olivia Laing’s ‘Everybody’ explores the power and vulnerabilities of the human body | Michele Filgate | May 7, 2021 | Washington Post
It’s an explicitly corporeal moment, rendered in a few supple twists of wire.
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Fortunately, McKim’s film is heavy with the almost corporeal substance of its subject.
‘Wojnarowicz’ burns with a queer icon’s brilliant fury | John Paul King | March 24, 2021 | Washington Blade
Without any objective gauge of your corporeal disrepair, it’s easy to deceive oneself.
After the Pandemic: Are You Ready for the Old Normal? | Susanna Schrobsdorff | March 7, 2021 | Time

To great effect, Cunningham plays with the correspondence between the corporeal and the emotional.
Great New Reads | The Daily Beast | October 23, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Many of the scenes deal with the grim obsessions of old age: sexual futility, corporeal decrepitude, and death.
The Nabokov Mess | Nathaniel Rich | November 22, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Just corporeal enough to attest humanity, yet sufficiently transparent to let the celestial origin shine through.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
The inner workings of their corporeal mechanism is no mystery for him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
He often saw the Holy Virgin in corporeal presence, and heard her speech and savoured the divine odours of her glorified body.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole France
Those only who are freed from material bonds can be conscious of their extra-corporeal existence and immortality.
Urania | Camille Flammarion
An angel in theory, the corporeal woman is soundly rated if dinner is late, or a room unswept.
Alone | Marion Harland

British Dictionary definitions for corporeal

corporeal

/ (kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
of a material nature; physical

Origin of corporeal

C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

Derived forms of corporeal

corporeality or corporealness, noun
corporeally, adverb

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