corporeal

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

adjective

1. of the nature of the physical body; bodily.

   Antonyms: spiritual

2. material; tangible.

   corporeal property.

   Antonyms: intangible

corporeal

/ kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual

2. of a material nature; physical

Other Word Forms

• corporeality noun
• corporeally adverb
• corporealness noun
• noncorporeal adjective
• noncorporeality noun
• transcorporeal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporeal¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corpore(us) “bodily” ( corpor- (stem of corpus “body”) + -eus adjective suffix) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporeal¹

C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

Synonym Study

See physical.

Example Sentences

He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".

From BBC

Before that, Serra could most often be found mining France’s centuries past for mordant tableau vivants of corporeal concern, most notably in his protracted bedchamber drama “The Death of Louis XIV.”

From Los Angeles Times

The American people need to engage in mass protests and other forms of corporeal politics.

From Salon

And a first-look image of Season 3 shows the remaining cast members at what we can only assume is her funeral, making her return — at least in corporeal form — extremely unlikely.

From Salon

Are the spectral and corporeal worlds friends or foes?

From Los Angeles Times