intangible
adjective
[ ɪnˈtan(d)ʒɪb(ə)l ]
• unable to be touched; not having physical presence.
• "the moonlight made things seem intangible"
Similar:
impalpable,
untouchable,
imperceptible to the touch,
non-physical,
bodiless,
incorporeal,
unembodied,
disembodied,
abstract,
invisible,
ethereal,
insubstantial,
airy,
aerial,
spiritual,
ghostly,
spectral,
phantom,
wraithlike,
transcendental,
unearthly,
supernatural,
immaterial,
unbodied,
discarnate,
disincarnate,
phantasmal,
phantasmic,
intangible
noun
• an intangible thing.
• "intangibles like self-confidence and responsibility"
Origin:
early 17th century (as an adjective): from French, or from medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- ‘not’ + late Latin tangibilis (see tangible).
