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ethereal

 
Adjective ethereal has 4 senses
  1. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal - characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
    Antonyms: substantial, real, material (indirect, via insubstantial)
  2. ethereal - of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"
  3. celestial, ethereal, supernal - of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
    Antonym: earthly (indirect, via heavenly)
  4. ethereal, gossamer - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
    Antonym: rugged (indirect, via delicate)
ethen ethene ethenic ethenic group ether ethera etheral ethere ethereal etherealize ethereally etherial etherialise etheric etheric body etheriel etherify

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