Synonyms for secular
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Worldly — not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical
worldly, temporal, civil, mundane, materialistic, earthly, carnal, terrestrial, material, fleshly, unsanctified, laical, areligious, irreligious
2. Centennial — happening once in an age or century
3. Multisecular — centuries-old, ancient
multisecular formal rare, plurisecular formal rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- adj. 2
Happening once in an age or century.
Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial
- adj. 3
Centuries-old, ancient.
Related words
- Word family
- secularization secularism secularity secularize secularly secularness
- Phrases
- secular equilibrium
Example sentences
- civil In the 1990s, Algeria was driven into a civil war.
- temporal Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.
- worldly Dmitri found himself inside another-worldly house.
- materialistic Tom doesn't seem to be as materialistic as Mary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| secular | rising | |
| civil | steady | |
| temporal | rising | |
| worldly | rising | |
| materialistic | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- laic
- 5 letters
- civil2
- 6 letters
- carnal2, laical
- 7 letters
- mundane2, worldly2, earthly2, profane2, fleshly
- 8 letters
- material4, temporal3
- 9 letters
- centurial
- 10 letters
- centennial4, areligious
- 11 letters
- terrestrial4, irreligious, unreligious, nonmonastic
- 12 letters
- unsanctified, multisecular, plurisecular
- 13 letters
- chronological5, materialistic6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (civil2 = 2 syllables).