corporeal

1. 1.

   having material or physical form or substance

   “that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible”

   Synonymsmaterial

   Antonymsincorporeal

   Similarbodilybodiedreincarnate
2. 2.

   affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

   “bodily needs”

   “a corporal defect”

   “corporeal suffering”

   “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”

   Synonymsbodilycorporalsomatic

   Similarphysical

Questions about corporeal

What does corporeal mean?

corporeal means "having material or physical form or substance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in corporeal?

corporeal has 4 syllables: cor-po-re-al. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for corporeal?

Close synonyms include material, bodily, corporal, somatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of corporeal?

The recorded antonyms are incorporeal.

Is corporeal a common word?

corporeal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.