Intangible
Intangible adjective - Not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch.
Usage example: electrical energy is completely intangible
Nearby Words: intangibility, intangibly
Real
Real adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Intangible is an antonym for real in genuine in existence topic.
Both words in one sentence
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Rather than becoming intangible, he's simply so real that the rest of the universe may as well be made of cobwebs.
- This sort of makes sense since spirits are real, though mostly intangible, beings in the Avatar universe.
Source: Real After All - For example, apparently Souls (an intangible concept in real life, and an intangible object in fiction) are susceptible to a physical disease.
Source: We Are as Mayflies
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