Something that is intangible is abstract or is hard to define or measure.
There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
You can refer to intangible things as intangibles.
Women workers place more importance on intangibles such as a sense of achievement.
More Synonyms of intangible
intangible in British English
(ɪnˈtændʒɪbəl)
adjective
1.
incapable of being perceived by touch; impalpable
2.
imprecise or unclear to the mind
intangible ideas
3.
(of property or a business asset) saleable though not possessing intrinsic productive value
noun
4.
something that is intangible
Derived forms
intangibility (inˌtangiˈbility) or intangibleness (inˈtangibleness)
noun
intangibly (inˈtangibly)
adverb
intangible in American English
(ɪnˈtændʒəbəl)
adjective
1.
that cannot be touched; incorporeal; impalpable
2.
designating or of any of certain business assets, esp. goodwill, that have no material being but have monetary value
3.
that cannot be easily defined, formulated, or grasped; vague
noun
4.
something intangible
Derived forms
intangibility (inˌtangiˈbility)
nounWord forms: pluralinˌtangiˈbilities
intangibly (inˈtangibly)
adverb
Word origin
ML intangibilis: see in-2 & tangible
intangible in Finance
(ɪntændʒɪbəl)
adjective
(Finance: General)
A business asset that is intangible is not physical but it has a value, such as a trademark or copyright ownership.
A good reputation is an intangible asset of immense financial worth.
Assets such as patents, trademarks, or goodwill are known as intangible assets in contrast to the physical ones such as plant and machinery.
A business asset that is intangible is not physical but it has a value, such as a trademark or copyright ownership.
Word builder-ible/-ableThe suffix -ible or -able often appears in adjectives that mean that a particular thing can be done to something.
Examples of 'intangible' in a sentence
intangible
In the short term, much depends on an intangible factor : confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Isn't it reasonable that they worry about change and fear losing something intangible that they can't get back?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We know that intangible assets and conservative capital structures tend to go together.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Another intangible factor has to be willpower.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The independent sector also provides more intangible benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The most common intangible fixed asset is goodwill.
Harrison, John Finance for the Non-Financial Manager (1989)
International students bring intangible benefits as well as money.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It consists of digital technologies or intangible assets rather than the heavy plants of the industrial era.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The campaign is an investment in an intangible asset that will pay off in future sales and earnings.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Such assets are known as intangible assets in contrast to the physical ones such as plant and machinery.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
The key question here is whether there is a cost on intangible factors such as the quality of family life.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is often said that the intangible benefit of a university education is to grow up and broaden the mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It ignores the cost to family life and the real but intangible benefit of a day free from commercial pressures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
National moments have an intangible value.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But something intangible will be lost.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some of these factors are intangible, and their impact inherently difficult to quantify.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
It also offers something intangible - especially in these times of economic stress.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I would suggest that the intangible benefits are already being harvested.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This represents an intangible value.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
But what makes her so great is that she possesses a very rare thing - an intangible quality that makes a real star.
The Sun (2007)
But it was, in one sense, intangible.
Christianity Today (2000)
It's got that shimmering, intangible quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The successes of the Civil Rights movement owed something to this intangible nationalism.
Hollinger, David A. Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism (1995)
Getting On is still fun to watch, but the first two series had an intangible quality that made them almost shocking in their originality and brilliance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
intangible
British English: intangible ADJECTIVE
Something that is intangible is abstract or is hard to define or measure.
There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
American English: intangible
Brazilian Portuguese: intangível
Chinese: 难以捉摸的
European Spanish: intangible
French: intangible
German: unbestimmbar
Italian: non tangibile
Japanese: つかみ難い
Korean: 실체가 없는
European Portuguese: intangível
Latin American Spanish: intangible
British English: intangible NOUN
You can refer to intangible things as intangibles.
That approach fails to take into consideration intangibles such as pride of workmanship, loyalty, and good work habits.
American English: intangible
Brazilian Portuguese: intangível
Chinese: 难以捉摸的
European Spanish: bien intangible
French: impondérable
German: immaterielle Werte
Italian: nozioni non tangibili
Japanese: 無形資産
Korean: 실체가 없는 것
European Portuguese: intangível
Latin American Spanish: bien intangible
(adjective)
Definition
difficult for the mind to grasp
the intangible dimensions of our existence
Synonyms
abstract
vague
He could just make out a vague shape in the distance.
invisible
dim
My childhood is now a dim memory.
elusive
an attempt to recapture an elusive memory
shadowy
the shadowy shape of a big barge loaded with logs
airy
`launch aid', an airy euphemism for more state handouts
unreal
There are few more unreal worlds than that of the celebrity.
indefinite
ethereal
the ethereal world of romantic fiction
evanescent
incorporeal
impalpable (formal)
unsubstantial
Additional synonyms
in the sense of airy
Definition
having little basis in reality
`launch aid', an airy euphemism for more state handouts