intangible

adjective

1. (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value

- intangible assets such as good will

2. incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch

- the intangible constituent of energy

Similar word(s): abstract, impalpable

3. hard to pin down or identify

- an intangible feeling of impending disaster

Similar word(s): unidentifiable

4. lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen

- that intangible thing--the soul

Similar word(s): immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical

noun

1. assets that are saleable though not material or physical

Definition categories: possession, assets