ethereal

Meaning of ethereal

adjective
  1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.
    her ethereal beauty
  2. (of a solution) having diethyl ether as a solvent.
    sodium is dissolved in ethereal solutions of aromatic ketones

early 16th century: via Latin from Greek aitherios (from aithēr ‘ether’) + -al.

Information about ethereal

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of ethereal

ethe-real

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • ethereal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ethereal synonyms

Meaning aeriform:

aeriform, aerial, airy, aery

Meaning celestial:

celestial, supernal

Meaning gossamer:

gossamer

Meaning very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality:

delicate

Meaning extremely beautiful and delicate:

exquisite

Meaning delicately small and pretty:

dainty

Meaning graceful and stylish in appearance or manner:

elegant

Meaning having or showing grace or elegance:

graceful

Meaning pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically:

beautiful

Meaning very beautiful or attractive:

lovely

Meaning (of an object) easily broken or damaged:

fragile

Meaning having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark:

light

Meaning very thin or narrow:

fine

Meaning (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent:

diaphanous

Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:

thin

Meaning very weak or slight:

tenuous

Meaning (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe:

subtle

Meaning lacking strength and solidity:

insubstantial

Meaning full of shadows:

shadowy

ethereal antonyms

Meaning perceptible by touch:

tangible

Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:

substantial

Translation of ethereal

Words that rhyme with ethereal

real, areal, glareal, nectareal, subareal, triareal, aethereal, antivenereal, cereal, cinereal, ectocinereal, electroethereal, funereal, intersidereal, noncereal, nonethereal, nonsidereal, nonvenereal, postvenereal, procereal, ptereal, sidereal, subterethereal, unethereal, unfunereal, unsidereal, unvenereal, venereal, ifreal, Sangreal, sangreal, Monreal, unreal, Boreal, L'Oreal, Puertoreal, aequoreal, arboreal, bicorporeal, boreal, choreal, circumboreal, corporeal, equatoreal, extracorporeal, floreal, hyperboreal, incorporeal, intracorporeal, loreal

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