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A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal

Additional info about word: CORPORAL

A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal , a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties. (more info) caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CORPORAL)

• Dody
• importance
• tangible
• substantial
• corporal
• physical
• ponderable
• Palpable
• Material
• obvious
• gross
• perceptible
• evident
• distinct

Related words: (words related to CORPORAL)

• DISTINCTNESS
  1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
• EVIDENTIARY
  Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill.
• DISTINCTURE
  Distinctness.
• DISTINCTIVENESS
  State of being distinctive.
• PALPABLE
  1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross;
• PHYSICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to nature ; in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and
• DISTINCTIVE
  1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne.
• MATERIALNESS
  The state of being material.
• CORPORALITY
  1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More. 2. A confraternity; a guild. Milton.
• SUBSTANTIALS
  Essential parts. Ayliffe.
• OBVIOUS
  1. Opposing; fronting. To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. "Obvious to dispute." Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident;
• DISTINCTION
  1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden. 2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from
• MATERIALISTIC; MATERIALISTICAL
  Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism. But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics. C. Kingsley.
• PHYSICALLY
  In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally. I am not now treating physically of light or colors. Locke. 2. According to the rules of medicine. He that lives physically must live miserably.
• CORPORALLY
  In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.
• CORPORALSHIP
  A corporal's office.
• GROSSULAR
  Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet. (more info) of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See
• EVIDENT
  Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident. Your honor and your goodness is so
• GROSS-HEADED
  Thick-skulled; stupid.
• CORPORAL
  A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal
• CONTRADISTINCT
  Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
• UNDISTINCTLY
  Indistinctly.
• HYPERPHYSICAL
  Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton.
• INSUBSTANTIAL
  Unsubstantial; not real or strong. "Insubstantial pageant." Shak.
• TRICORPORAL; TRICORPORATE
  Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a lion.
• SUPERSUBSTANTIAL
  More than substantial; spiritual. "The heavenly supersubstantial bread." Jer. Taylor.
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
• CATAPHYSICAL
  Unnatural; contrary to nature. Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.
• IMMATERIALIST
  One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.
• UNTANGIBLE
  Intangible.
• BICORPORAL
  Having two bodies.
• METAPHYSICALLY
  In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. South.
• INEVIDENT
  Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.
• IMMATERIAL
  1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker. 2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does
• INSUBSTANTIALITY
  Unsubstantiality; unreality.