Meanings
comparative more intangible · superlative most intangible
- Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
Antonyms: tangible
- Difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived.
an intangible quality of serenity in the music
plural intangibles
- Anything intangible.
Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated.
1980 April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, in Gay Community News, page 12
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIncapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
adjectiveincapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
adjectivehard to pin down or identify
adjectivelacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintango
- Late Latintangibilis
- Medieval Latinintangibilis
- Middle Frenchintangible
- Englishintangible
Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.
More words from Middle French, Medieval Latin, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَيْر مَلْمُوس, مَعْنَوِيّ
- غَيْر مَلْمُوس (ḡayr malmūs)incapable of being perceived
- مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy)incapable of being perceived
Bulgarian неуловим, неосезаем
- неуловим (neulovim)incapable of being perceived
- неосезаем (neosezaem)incapable of being perceived
Catalan intangible
- intangibleincapable of being perceived
Chinese Mandarin 無形的 /无形的
- 無形的 /无形的 (wúxíng de)incapable of being perceived
Czech nehmatatelný, nehmotný
- nehmatatelnýincapable of being perceived
- nehmotnýincapable of being perceived
Dutch ontastbaar, ongrijpbaar
- ontastbaarincapable of being perceived
- ongrijpbaarincapable of being perceived
- ontastbareanything intangible
Finnish abstrakti, aineeton
- abstraktiincapable of being perceived
- aineetonincapable of being perceived
- aineeton asiaanything intangible
French intangible, immatériel
- intangibleincapable of being perceived
- immatérielincapable of being perceived
German abstrakt, ungreifbar
- abstraktincapable of being perceived
- ungreifbarincapable of being perceived
- immateriellincapable of being perceived
- vageincapable of being perceived
- unklarincapable of being perceived
Greek ασαφής, ακαθόριστος
- ασαφής (asafís)incapable of being perceived
- ακαθόριστος (akathóristos)incapable of being perceived
- αδιόρατος (adióratos)incapable of being perceived
- αόριστος (aóristos)incapable of being perceived
- άυλος (áylos)anything intangible
Indonesian takbenda
- takbendaincapable of being perceived
Italian intangibile
- intangibileincapable of being perceived
Japanese 無形, 触れられないもの
- 無形 (mukei)incapable of being perceived
- 触れられないものanything intangible
Latin intactilis
- intactilisincapable of being perceived
Norwegian Bokmål immateriell
- immateriellincapable of being perceived
Polish nieuchwytny
- nieuchwytnyincapable of being perceived
Portuguese intangível
- intangívelincapable of being perceived
Romanian intangibil, de neatins
- intangibilincapable of being perceived
- de neatinsincapable of being perceived
- nepalpabilincapable of being perceived
Russian неосяза́емый, неулови́мый
- неосяза́емый (neosjazájemyj)incapable of being perceived
- неулови́мый (neulovímyj)incapable of being perceived
Spanish intangible
- intangibleincapable of being perceived
Cite this entry
intangible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intangible
“intangible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intangible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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