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adjective
abstract, aerial, airy, amorphous, asomatous, bodiless, difficult to appraise, dim, discarnate, disembodied, ethereal, immaterial, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, inconspicuous, incorporal, incorporate, incorporeal, indefinite, indiscernible, infinitesimal, insensible, insubstantial, intactile, intactilis, invisible, nonphysical, nonsubstantial, not clear to the mind, not definite, shadowy, spiritual, theoretical, unapparent, unbeholdable, uncertain, unconcrete, undiscernible, unearthly, unfleshly, unperceivable, unphysical, unseeable, unsolid, unsubstantial, untouchable, vague, weightless, without form, without physical substance
associated concepts: intangible assets, intangible personalty, intangible property
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noun
assignable rights of action, chose in action, incorporeal entity, intactilis, personal chattels which are not in possession, personal right not reduced to possession, right, right to personal things, right to recovery
associated concepts: intangible assets, intangible personalty, intangible property, intangible trust property
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elusive, immaterial, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, incorporeal, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), vague
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Having no physical presence; difficult to define or grasp. See also tangible
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. Impalpable; not capable of being touched or otherwise detected by the senses.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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intangible — [ ɛ̃tɑ̃ʒibl ] adj. • XVe; de 1. in et tangible 1 ♦ Vx Qu on ne peut toucher, qui échappe au sens du toucher. ⇒ impalpable. Fluides intangibles. 2 ♦ (1899) Mod. À quoi on ne doit pas toucher, porter atteinte; que l on doit maintenir intact. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Intangible — In*tan gi*ble, a. [Pref. in not + tangible: cf. F. intangible.] Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intangible — (adj.) 1630s, incapable of being touched, from Fr. intangible (c.1500) or directly from M.L. intangibilis, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + L.L. tangibilis that may be touched (see TANGIBLE (Cf. tangible)). Figurative sense of that cannot be… … Etymology dictionary
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intangible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to be touched; not solid or real. 2) vague and abstract. ► NOUN ▪ an intangible thing. DERIVATIVES intangibility noun intangibly adverb … English terms dictionary
intangible — [in tan′jə bəl] adj. [ML intangibilis: see IN 2 & TANGIBLE] 1. that cannot be touched; incorporeal; impalpable 2. designating or of any of certain business assets, esp. goodwill, that have no material being but have monetary value 3. that cannot… … English World dictionary
intangible — Long term or non current asset that lacks physical substance, but which confers valuable rights or privileges upon the holders; e.g., patents, goodwill. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 … Glossary of Bankruptcy
intangible — impalpable, *imperceptible, insensible, inappreciable, imponderable Analogous words: tenuous, rare, slight, slender, *thin: ethereal, *airy, aerial: eluding or elusive, evading or evasive (see corre sponding verbs at ESCAPE) Antonyms: tangible… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
intangible — [adj] indefinite, obscured abstract, abstruse, airy, dim, eluding, elusive, ethereal, evading, evanescent, evasive, hypothetical, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, incorporeal, indeterminate, insensible, invisible, rare,… … New thesaurus