English Explanatory Dictionary

physical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of medicine.
Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical.
That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly.
Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic.
Of matter and nature.
Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
Of the human body.
Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
Sexual, carnal.
Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.

noun

A physical examination.
A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ en-us-physical.ogg

Word forms

physical more physical most physical physickal physicals

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:substantial

Antonyms

mental psychical psychological spiritual having to do with the mind spirit viewed as distinct from body

Related words

metaphysical physicality physically physician physics checkup

Derived words

aerophysical agrophysical antiphysical astrophysical barophysical biophysical cataphysical chemicophysical chemophysical cyberphysical ecophysical electrophysical ethicophysical extraphysical geophysical get physical hydrophysical hyperphysical iatrophysical macrophysical mechanophysical microphysical neurophysical nonphysical pamphysical paraphysical petrophysical photophysical phygital physical anthropology physical body physical break physical change physical chemistry physical comedy physical constant physical culture physical diagnosis physical distancing physical education physical exam physical examination physical finger physical geographer physical geography physicalism physicalist physicalization physicalize physical law physical love physical map physical mediumship physical memory protection physicalness physical page physical person physical plane physical plant physical quantity

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