| ADJECTIVE | all | ethereal, aeriform, aerial, airy, aery | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality |
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| pert | ethereal | of or containing or dissolved in ether | |
| all | ethereal, celestial, supernal | of heaven or the spirit | |
| all | ethereal, gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
| Sounds | ihthih'riyahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. | |
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| Example | "physical rather than ethereal forms" | |
| Synonyms | aeriform, aerial, airy, aery | |
| Broader | insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance |
| Spanish | etéreo | |
| Meaning | Of or containing or dissolved in ether. | |
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| Example | "ethereal solution" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Spanish | etéreo | |
| Nouns | ether | a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid / liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic |
| ether | any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom | |
| Meaning | Of heaven or the spirit. | |
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| Example | "ethereal melodies" | |
| Synonyms | celestial, supernal | |
| Broader | heavenly | Of or belonging to heaven or god |
| Spanish | celeste, celestial, etéreo | |
| Catalan | celeste, celestial, eteri | |
| Nouns | ether | the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water |
| Meaning | Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy. | |
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| Example | "this smallest and most ethereal of birds" | |
| Synonym | gossamer | |
| Broader | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
| Spanish | etéreo | |
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