IMPALPABLE Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

impalpable

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈpal-pə-bəl

Definition of impalpable

as in incorporeal

not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch the rich colors used in the wall coverings and furniture give the room an impalpable warmth

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as in invisible

not perceptible by a sense or by the mind any difference between the two sound systems is impalpable to all but the most discerning audiophiles

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Recent Examples of impalpable The principle consists in mixing, with the sewage, quantities of lime and clay, combining with the carbonic acid of the fecal matters to form carbonate of lime, in an impalpable powder. — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 This is the primordial key point, the impalpable idea that will finally turn out to be the engine of your business. — Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 And so, with 24 regular-season games remaining for the Utah Jazz after the All-Star break, hard-and-fast conclusions about this team remain frustratingly elusive and impalpable. — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022 But there’s an argument to be made that the colorless, soundless, impalpable structures of symbols and relationships of science are far more revealing. — Kc Cole, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 Afterward, as in Vienna, property relations were forever altered, which had an impalpable but unmistakable effect on attitudes. — New York Times, 29 June 2021 The full album as well features similar, almost impalpable, differences. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impalpable

Adjective

Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of incorporeal

Adjective

In response, some AI firms like Claude-maker Anthropic have recently added invisible 'watermarks' into their products, giving people a reliable way to spot their products' outputs for the first time.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of invisible

Adjective

As enterprise value continues to shift toward intangible assets, IP ownership, validity and enforceability directly inform valuation defensibility and post closing performance assumptions.

— Keegan Caldwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The company said that drastic decrease was the result of pre-acquisition adjustments to the value of intangible assets as well as restructuring costs.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of intangible

Adjective

Her lyrics, like those of many of her biggest musical influences, are dense texts, full of winking allusions and subtle references to records, bands, and albums that have shaped her own songwriting.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Izquierdo recommends asking for softly disconnected layers, a blended curtain fringe, and soft, subtle texture.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026

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