Standard Lemma guide

disembodied

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsɪmˈbɒdiːd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S IH0 B AA1 D IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: bodiless, bodyless, disincarnate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bodiless, bodyless, disincarnate

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a body part, separated from the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: severed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: severed

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of disembody

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not having a material body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bodiless ghosts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: senkorpa — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Esperanto: nekorpa — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • French: désincarné — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • German: körperlos — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • German: geisterhaft — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Greek: άυλος (áylos) — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Italian: disincarnato — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Polish: bezcielesny — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Polish: asomatyczny — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial
  • Volapük: nenstöfik — having no material body, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial