Synonyms and Antonyms of ethereal
1
not composed of matter
- that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma
metaphysical, psychic (also psychical), supernatural
impalpable, insensible, intangible, invisible
airy, diaphanous, gaseous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish
animal, carnal, fleshly
detectable, discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, sensible, tangible, visible
bulky, heavy, massive, solid
2
resembling air in lightness
- the bakery's scrumptious pastries have a wonderfully ethereal consistency
cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, downy, feathery, flimsy, gauzelike, gauzy, insubstantial, tender, wispy
buoyant, lighter-than-air, lightweight, rarefied, unsubstantial, vaporous, weightless
cumulous, pillowy
firm, solid, substantial
bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, hefty, hulking, lumpish, ponderous, unwieldy, weighty
3
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
- described as a land of ethereal beauty and tranquillity
supernatural, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unworldly
angelic (or angelical), beatific, blissful
Olympian, paradisiacal (or paradisiac), utopian
cosmic (also cosmical), galactic, stellar
