intangible
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
assets that are saleable though not material or physical
Types & categories
Sense 2 adjective
(of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
intangible assets such as good will
Related & opposite
- tangible antonym
- intangibility derivation
- business enterprise domain topic
Sense 3 adjective
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
the intangible constituent of energy
Related & opposite
- abstract also see
- tangible antonym
- intangibility derivation
Sense 4 adjective
hard to pin down or identify
an intangible feeling of impending disaster
Related & opposite
- intangibility derivation
- unidentifiable similar to
Sense 5 adjective
lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
that intangible thing--the soul
Related & opposite
- intangibility derivation
- nonmaterial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | assets |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | goodwill |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | tangible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intangibility |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | tangible |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intangibility |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intangibility |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unidentifiable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | intangibility |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonmaterial |