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All nonmaterial synonyms

non·ma·te·ri·al
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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.
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