Synonyms for physical
ˈfɪz ɪ kəlphys·i·cal

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1. physicalnoun

   Synonyms:
   check-up, checkup

   Antonyms:
   psychological

2. physicaladjective

   Physical examination.

   How long has it been since your last physical?

   Synonyms:
   check-up, checkup

   Antonyms:
   psychological

3. physicaladjective

   It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.

   Antonyms:
   psychological

4. physicaladjective

   This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.

   Antonyms:
   psychological

5. physicaladjective

   This substance has a number of interesting physical properties.

   Antonyms:
   psychological

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1. physical

   Whatever is composed of or pertains to matter may be termed material; physical (Greek physis, nature) applies to material things considered as parts of a system or organic whole; hence, we speak of material substances, physical forces, physical laws. Bodily, corporal, and corporeal apply primarily to the human body; bodily and corporal both denote pertaining or relating to the body; corporeal signifies of the nature of or like the body; corporal is now almost wholly restricted to signify applied to or inflicted upon the body; we speak of bodily sufferings, bodily presence, corporal punishment, the corporeal frame.

   Synonyms:
   bodily, corporal, corporeal, material, natural, sensible, tangible, visible

   Antonyms:
   hyperphysical, immaterial, intangible, intellectual, invisible, mental, moral, spiritual, unreal, unsubstantial

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1. physical

   Synonyms:
   natural, material, visible, tangible, substantial, corporeal

   Antonyms:
   mental, moral, intellectual, spiritual, immaterial, invisible, intangible, unsubstantial, supernatural, hyperphysical

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1. physicaladjective

   involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

   "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   nonmaterial, supernatural, psychical, mental, intellectual, immaterial, rational, forceless, noetic, unforceful, psychic, moral, unenrgetic, psychogenic, psychological, lethargic

2. physicaladjective

   relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics

   "physical sciences"; "physical laws"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   rational, psychogenic, moral, psychological, intellectual, nonmaterial, forceless, psychic, unforceful, immaterial, lethargic, psychical, mental, supernatural, unenrgetic, noetic

3. physicaladjective

   having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses

   "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   forceless, lethargic, supernatural, psychical, psychogenic, unenrgetic, psychological, nonmaterial, rational, immaterial, noetic, unforceful, intellectual, mental, psychic, moral

4. physicaladjective

   according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)

   "a reflex response to physical stimuli"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   moral, nonmaterial, psychological, supernatural, psychical, unenrgetic, rational, lethargic, psychogenic, psychic, intellectual, mental, immaterial, forceless, unforceful, noetic

5. physicaladjective

   characterized by energetic bodily activity

   "a very physical dance performance"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   nonmaterial, immaterial, rational, unenrgetic, intellectual, psychological, lethargic, noetic, supernatural, mental, psychical, unforceful, forceless, psychogenic, moral, psychic

6. forcible, physical, strong-armadjective

   impelled by physical force especially against resistance

   "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   nonmaterial, unenrgetic, psychogenic, forceless, moral, immaterial, noetic, unforceful, psychological, rational, lethargic, psychic, supernatural, intellectual, mental, psychical

7. physicaladjective

   concerned with material things

   "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, forcible

   Antonyms:
   psychical, rational, unenrgetic, moral, mental, lethargic, noetic, intellectual, forceless, supernatural, psychological, psychic, nonmaterial, immaterial, unforceful, psychogenic

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1. fitness

   Submitted by schierman on April 5, 2022  

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1. physicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   material, corporeal, bodily, natural, sensible

2. physicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   medicinal, cathartic, purgative

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1. physicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   material, bodily

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1. List of paraphrases for "physical":

   physics, physically, natural, bodily, material, corporal, tangible, physique, on-hand, in-kind, physicist, materials, corporeal, fitness, stamina

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1. Sydney Harris:

   The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, I was wrong.

2. Barry Zuckerman:

   It's one of the most pleasurable activities that you do with your child -- there's physical closeness but it's probably the most unhurried time that children have with their parent and it is focused on them.

3. Lawrence Peter Berra:

   Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.

4. Nicole Colwell:

   Children have been forced to wear masks, socially distance from friends and change how they look in general, since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 has never been a serious issue for children, and the statistics prove that. I believe that all of [these] adjustments [we've been making] are nothing short of mental and physical abuse on our children — and it's past time for it all to stop.

5. Émile Durkheim:

   Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body's yoke, but is subject to that of society.