All nonmaterial synonyms
non·ma·te·ri·al
N n adjective nonmaterial
- insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- jesuitic — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- numinous — of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.
- subtle — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- recondite — dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
- transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unreal — not real or actual.
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
- sacred — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- holy — specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground.
- extramundane — Outside or beyond the physical world.
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- rarefied — extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium.
- refined — having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.