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corporeal

cor·po·re·al

corporeal

 
 
pronunciation:
kor paw ri l
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: having to do with a physical body; bodily.
In his dreams, he escaped corporeal existence and flew with the angels.
antonyms:
incorporeal
similar words:
outward, personal, physical
definition 2: tangible; material; palpable.
similar words:
material, tangible
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)corporeal essentially, highly, purely, therefore
(adj.)corporeal + noun appeal, apprehension, architecture, aspect, audience, background, beauty, being, body, bond, border, desire, device, dimension, distinction, encounter, exercise, existence, experience, expression, form, frame, human, identity, image, inquiry, manner, material, memory, mercy, nature, notion, object, organism, others, pain, painter, painting, path, pleasure, presence, punishment, quality, ray, reality, realm, referent, relic, remains, reminder, rhythm, self, sense, shell, similitude, soul, spirit, stimulation, substance, theme, transcendence, travel, vigorousness, vision, walking, works [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: corporeally (adv.), corporeality (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word corporeal contains the following part:
corp, corpo, corpor, corpus Latin root that means body