corporeal

/kɔrˈpɔriəl/

Other forms: corporeally

Use the adjective corporeal to describe something that has to do with the body, like when your teacher catches you daydreaming and says you need to bring your mental sharpness, not just your corporeal presence to the classroom.

Corporeal describes something that has a physical form. It is the opposite of spiritual or emotional. Something that is corporeal exists in the real world. It’s sort of a fancy way of saying bodily or physical. So when you crave double-cheese pizza with sausage and pepperoni, you could blame it on a corporeal need. (It’s a way to make junk-food cravings sound a little bit grand!)

Definitions of corporeal

1. adjective

   having material or physical form or substance
   “"that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett”

   synonyms: material

   bodied

   having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination

   bodily

   having or relating to a physical material body

   bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate

   possessing or existing in bodily form

   reincarnate

   having a new body

   antonyms:

   incorporeal

   without material form or substance

   unbodied

   having no body

   bodiless, discorporate, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied

   not having a material body

   spiritual

   lacking material body or form or substance
2. adjective

   affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
   “corporeal suffering”

   synonyms: bodily, corporal, somatic

   physical

   involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit