Synonyms for corporal
ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəlcor·po·ral

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1. corporal

   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, corporeal, material, natural, physical, sensible, tangible, visible

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

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1. corporal

   Synonyms:
   bodily, fleshly, physical, material, corporeal

   Antonyms:
   mental, moral, spiritual

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1. corporaladjective

   a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

   Antonyms:
   incorporeal, mental, immaterial

2. bodily, corporal, corporeal, somaticadjective

   affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

   "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

   Synonyms:
   incarnate, corporate, bodily, material, somatic, corporeal, bodied, embodied

   Antonyms:
   mental, immaterial, incorporeal

3. bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnateadjective

   possessing or existing in bodily form

   "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"

   Synonyms:
   incorporated, collective, corporate, bodily, embodied, somatic, corporeal, bodied, incarnate

   Antonyms:
   incorporeal, immaterial, mental

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1. corporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   bodily

2. corporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   material, physical, corporeal, not spiritual

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1. corporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   bodily, corporeal, material

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1. List of paraphrases for "corporal":

   cpl., cpl, corporai, bodily, physical, tangible, corporals, master-corporal, p.f.c., airman, punishment, body, corporeal

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1. corporal

   Synonyms:
   Corporeal
   

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1. Rajveer Purohit:

   You can imagine a balloon that gets filled up with water, and then you have this tense sheath that's surrounding the balloon, and that's what gives you the stiffness with an erection. And the fracture is a rupture of the balloon and the sheath surrounding the balloon, the vast majority of cases are one-sided, or unilateral, corporal ruptures. But sometimes Rajveer Purohit do have someone who's had a bilateral, or two-sided, corporal fracture involving the urethra.

2. Selahattin Demirtas:

   When the prosecutors are calling former chief of the General Staff of Turkey and hundreds of army generals as "terrorists" nobody is not offended but when I call him (current chief of General Staff) corporal he gets offended. (Referring to the detentions of many army generals for the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plot trial; On the reaction for calling Necdet Özel (chief of GS) as a "only a corporal in our eyes" for his comments about education in Kurdish language.)

3. James McNulty:

   We're very aware of Jeb Bush and his stance on corporal punishment.

4. Loro Parque:

   A voluntary stranding is a natural behavior of orcas living in the wild… The orcas at Loro Parque are trained to leave the water on their own accord. This behavior is used for manifold purposes, for example, for presenting the animals to the public, for conducting corporal check-ups, for inspecting their blowholes, as well as for testing hearing abilities of the orcas.

5. Claudia Cappa:

   Witnessing corporal punishment by teachers sends a message to children themselves that violence is acceptable in schools, which it is not.