Impalpable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not perceptible to the touch; intangible.
  • adj. Difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.
  • adj. Not material; intangible; incorporeal.
  • adj. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Incapable of being perceived by touch; wanting palpable substance or consistency; too unsubstantial or too fine to be felt.
  • Hence That cannot be grasped by the intellect; incomprehensible; intangible: as, impalpable distinctions.
  • Synonyms Imperceptible, intangible, unsubstantial.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. imperceptible to the senses or the mind
  • adj. not perceptible to the touch
  • adj. incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
    • Equivalent
    elusive    subtle    imperceptible    unperceivable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    intangible    incorporeal    unreal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intangible    insubstantial    ethereal    indefinable    immaterial   
     
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