bodiless

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adjective

Lacking a body; incorporeal.

“Near-synonyms: disincarnate, disembodied”

Similar
disincarnatedisembodieddiscorporateunembodiedunbodiedincorporealimmaterialbodyless
OriginMiddle English bodyles →
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Meanings

adjectivebodiless (not comparable)

alternative bodyless

  1. not comparableLacking a body; incorporeal.

    Near-synonyms: disincarnate, disembodied

    2 more examples

    Ever and anon the cheek wore a deeper crimson, and the dark eyes filled with sudden fire, as he felt the idea clothe itself in words tangible to the many, as its bodiless presence had previously been to himself.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 162–163

    Be satisfied that I will not have done with thee until I have taken away thy life, and sent thy soul squealing bodiless into the unknown.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21

    Synonyms: disincarnate, disembodied

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking a body; incorporeal.

Similar
disincarnatedisembodied

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot having a material body

Similar
discorporateunembodiedunbodieddisembodiedincorporealimmaterial

adjectivehaving no trunk or main part

Similar
bodylessunbodied
Also see
discorporatedisembodieddisincarnateimmaterialincorporealunbodiedunembodied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbodyles
  2. Englishbodiless

From Middle English bodyles, bodiles, equivalent to body + -less.

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Translations

Finnish ruumiiton
  • ruumiitonlacking a body
German körperlos
  • körperloslacking a body
Greek ασώματος
  • ασώματος (asómatos)lacking a body
Hindi अशरीर, अशरीरी
  • अशरीर (aśrīr)lacking a body
  • अशरीरी (aśrīrī)lacking a body
  • अनंग (anaṅg)lacking a body
  • अनंगी (anaṅgī)lacking a body
  • अतनु (atnu)lacking a body
  • अपांग (apāṅg)lacking a body
  • विदेह (videh)lacking a body
  • वितनु (vitnu)lacking a body
  • बेशरीर (beśrīr)lacking a body
  • बेजिस्म (bejisma)lacking a body
Norwegian kroppsløs
  • kroppsløslacking a body
Polish bezcielesny
  • bezcielesnylacking a body
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APA

bodiless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodiless

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Chicago

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