physical

Connected with your body rather than your thoughts or feelings.

• Swimming improves physical fitness.
• The job involves hard physical work.
• He recovered from his physical injuries but still felt afraid.

Similar words: bodily

Opposites: mental

Common phrases: physical activity, physical health, physical strength, physical injury

Existing as something real that you can see or touch, rather than only as an idea.

• The book is a physical object.
• The company has no physical stores.
• We need physical evidence to support this claim.

Similar words: material, tangible

Opposites: immaterial, abstract

Common phrases: physical object, physical world, physical presence, physical space

Connected with the science of matter, energy, movement, and natural forces.

• Heat changes the metal's physical properties.
• We studied the physical laws that govern motion.
• Melting ice is a physical change.

Common phrases: physical laws, physical properties, physical science, physical processes

A medical examination to check your general health.

• I have a physical tomorrow.
• The doctor checked my blood pressure during the physical.
• All new players must pass a physical before joining the team.

Similar words: checkup, medical examination, medical

Common phrases: annual physical, have a physical, routine physical, pass a physical