Antonyms for intangible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-tan-juh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtæn dʒə bəl

Definition of intangible

Origin : 1630s, "incapable of being touched," from French intangible (c.1500) or directly from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched" (see tangible). Figurative sense of "that cannot be grasped by the mind" is from 1880. Noun meaning "anything intangible" is from 1914. Related: Intangibly.

adj indefinite, obscured

Example sentences :

Why should he battle and strive for an unattainable something as intangible as a dream?
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

The intangible monster of a misunderstanding had crept between them.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

He paused, and looked at his companion as if seeking that intangible something.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

The obvious dead, the intangible alive, and no connection at all between them!
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

But that fear was not like this fear, which was intimate, personal but intangible.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

It is often the intangible thing that tells and that is valuable.
Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy

The most intangible of assets and the most unescapable of liabilities.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

All intangible, ghostly menace downs before this real danger.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

You've got a sort of intangible interest in that, haven't you?
Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

For mind is intangible; we cannot see it, feel it, taste it, or handle it.
Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts

Synonyms for intangible

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