Corporeal
Relating to the physical body; tangible or material rather than spiritual or abstract.
adjectiveCorporeal
Relating to the physical body; tangible or material rather than spiritual or abstract.
adjectiveImagine This
Imagine a marble statue of a person you can touch, weigh, and see with real texture; its presence is corporeal, not ghostly or imagined.
Sounds Like
KOR-pə-REE-əl
Looks Like
corporal (relating to the body; similar spelling and root)
Remember This
The root corp- means body. Related words include corpse (a dead body), corporation (a body of people), and corpulent (having a large body). Corporeal is often contrasted with incorporeal (without a physical body or form).
Other Forms
Connect With
incorporeal, bodily, physical, tangible, somatic
Note
Do not confuse with corporate (relating to a corporation or company). Also note that corporal (with an a) can refer to bodily matters, but in some contexts it is a military rank; use context to guide meaning.