transcendental

Main Entry:
transcendental [tran-sen-den-tl, -suhn-]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: surpassing
Synonyms: boundless, mystical, spiritual
Main Entry: abstract
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: conceptual, theoretical
Synonyms: abstruse, complex, deep, hypothetical, ideal, indefinite, intellectual, nonconcrete, philosophical, recondite, transcendent, transcendental, unreal
Antonyms: actual, concrete, factual, material, objective, physical, real
Main Entry: celestial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: heavenly
Synonyms: Olympian, angelic, astral, beatific, blessed, divine, elysian, empyral, empyrean, eternal, ethereal, godlike, hallowed, holy, immortal, otherworldly, seraphic, spiritual, sublime, supernal, supernatural, transcendental, transmundane
Antonyms: earthly, hellish, infernal, mortal
Main Entry: divine
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: godlike, perfect
Synonyms: all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful
Main Entry: ideal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: conceptual; impractical
Synonyms: Utopian, abstract, chimerical, dreamlike, extravagant, fanciful, fictitious, high-flown, hypothetical, imaginary, in the clouds, intellectual, ivory-tower, mental, mercurial, notional, out-of-reach, quixotic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unattainable, unearthly, unreal, visionary
Notes: ideal means conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; idealistic means of or pertaining to idealists or their theories, pursuing perfection
Antonyms: actual, common, material, practical, pragmatic
Main Entry: ineffable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: too great for words
Synonyms: beyond words, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, ideal, impossible, incommunicable, incredible, indefinable, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, sacred, spiritual, too sacred for words, transcendent, transcendental, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable
Antonyms: definable, describable, utterable
Main Entry: metaphysical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not physical; without physical presence
Synonyms: abstract, abstruse, bodiless, deep, difficult, discarnate, esoteric, eternal, fundamental, high-flown, ideal, immaterial, impalpable, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, intellectual, jesuitic, mystical, nonmaterial, nonphysical, numinous, oversubtle, philosophical, preternatural, profound, recondite, spiritual, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, suprahuman, supramundane, supranatural, theoretical, transcendental, unearthly, unfleshly, universal, unphysical, unreal, unsubstantial
Antonyms: concrete, material, objective, physical, real, solid, substantial
Main Entry: mysterious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret, concealed
Synonyms: abstruse, alchemistic, arcane, astrological, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, mystifying, necromantic, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, sphinxlike, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknowable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird
Notes: mysterious means of an obscure nature, while mystical means having a divine meaning that transcends human understanding
Antonyms: apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious
Main Entry: mystic/mystical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret, esoteric
Synonyms: abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatical, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterial, mysterious, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, sorcerous, spiritual, supernatural, telestic, thaumaturgic, transcendental, unaccountable, unknowable, visionary, wizardly
Antonyms: knowable, natural, palpable, undisguised
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