Synonyms for earthly
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Terrestrial — relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens
terrestrial, mundane, temporal, worldly, corporeal, material, carnal, secular, earthy, sensual, temporary, telluric, profane, sublunary formal, sublunar, terrene, fleshly, unsanctified, worldy rare
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
Related words
- Phrases
- earthly paradise earthly branch
Example sentences
- temporal Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.
- terrestrial Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.
- mundane Matthew and Linda mostly talked about very mundane things.
- worldly Dmitri found himself inside another-worldly house.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| earthly | rising | |
| temporal | rising | |
| terrestrial | steady | |
| mundane | rising | |
| worldly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- carnal2, earthy2, worldy
- 7 letters
- secular3, mundane2, sensual3, worldly2, profane2, fleshly, terrene
- 8 letters
- possible3, material4, temporal3, telluric, sublunar
- 9 letters
- temporary4, corporeal, sublunary
- 11 letters
- terrestrial4, conceivable4
- 12 letters
- unsanctified
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carnal2 = 2 syllables).