Synonyms for temporal
- adjective
Most common
temporary secular worldly earthly transient transitory chronological
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Earthly — of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical
earthly, worldly, temporary, secular, mundane, terrestrial, civil, carnal, profane, materialistic, material, non-religious, lay, unsanctified, laical, unconsecrated, laicist, areligious, laic
2. Transient
transient, transitory, fleeting, impermanent, brief, fugitive, momentary, ephemeral, evanescent, perishable, fugacious
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
temporal power, temporal courts
- adj. 2
Relating to time: Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
Related words
- Word family
- temporality temporalty
- Phrases
- temporal hour temporal deixis temporal apophysis temporal muscle
Example sentences
- temporary The banker's pay cut was temporary, not permanent.
- secular January is the first month in the secular calendar.
- worldly Dmitri found himself inside another-worldly house.
- earthly There is no earthly reason for me to dislike her.
- transient Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
By length
- 3 letters
- lay1
- 4 letters
- laic
- 5 letters
- civil2, brief1
- 6 letters
- carnal2, laical
- 7 letters
- secular3, mundane2, earthly2, worldly2, profane2, laicist
- 8 letters
- material4, fugitive3, fleeting2
- 9 letters
- temporary4, transient2, momentary4, ephemeral4, fugacious
- 10 letters
- perishable4, transitory4, evanescent4, areligious
- 11 letters
- terrestrial4, impermanent
- 12 letters
- unsanctified
- 13 letters
- chronological5, materialistic6, unconsecrated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (civil2 = 2 syllables).