Synonyms for worldly
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
mundane secular earthly temporal sophisticated street-smart material
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Mundane — concerned with secular rather than sacred matters
mundane, secular, earthly, temporal, fleshly, materialistic, terrestrial, carnal, profane, irreligious, lay, unsanctified, unconsecrated, worldy rare
2. Sophisticated — sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
3. Material — concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual
Other
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
- adj. 2
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
- adj. 3
Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
- adv. 1
In a worldly manner.
Example sentences
- secular January is the first month in the secular calendar.
- temporal Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.
- mundane Matthew and Linda mostly talked about very mundane things.
- earthly There is no earthly reason for me to dislike her.
By length
- 3 letters
- lay1
- 5 letters
- blase1
- 6 letters
- carnal2, worldy
- 7 letters
- secular3, mundane2, earthly2, profane2, fleshly, terrene
- 8 letters
- material4, temporal3, sublunar
- 9 letters
- secularly, worldlily
- 11 letters
- terrestrial4, irreligious
- 12 letters
- cosmopolitan5, unsanctified
- 13 letters
- sophisticated5, materialistic6, unconsecrated, unspiritually
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carnal2 = 2 syllables).