Meaning

2 senses

  1. Material; tangible; physical.

    having material or physical form or substance

  2. (archaic)Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (“body”)

From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

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Forms

more corporeal, most corporeal
Comparativemore corporeal Lesson
Superlativemost corporeal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
of the body:corporalB2bodily
of matter:substantialB1earthly
Close in meaning
  • having material or physical form or substance:material
  • affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit:bodilycorporalsomatic

Antonyms

5 antonyms
of matter:etherealincorporealinsubstantialintangible
either sense:spiritualB1

Word family

19 related words
Relatedcorporeality
Derivedbicorporealconcorporealcorporealismcorporealistcorporealizationcorporealizecorporeallycorporealnessextracorporealhemicorporealintercorporealintracorporealnoncorporealomnicorporealparacorporealsupercorporealtricorporealuncorporeal

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
corporateB2corporationB2corpsC1corpseC2corpulent

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