Synonyms for Temporal
ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəltem·po·ral

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1. temporal

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly, civil, political, transient, fleeting, laical, terrestrial, sublunary, mundane

   Antonyms:
   religious, spiritual, ecclesiastical, eternal, sacerdotal

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1. temporal role, temporaladjective

   the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

   Synonyms:
   temporal, temporal role

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, lasting, permanent

2. temporaladjective

   not eternal

   "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   lasting, permanent, heavenly

3. temporaladjective

   of or relating to or limited by time

   "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, permanent, lasting

4. temporaladjective

   of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

   "temporal bone"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   lasting, heavenly, permanent

5. worldly, secular, temporaladjective

   characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

   "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, blase, temporal, laic, secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting, heavenly

6. temporaladjective

   of this earth or world

   "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, permanent, lasting

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1. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical

2. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY

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1. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly, temporary, political, civil

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1. List of paraphrases for "temporal":

   temporary, time, lobe

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1. Saint Augustine:

   To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.

2. Siddha Nagarjuna:

   This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality Whatever it encounters in this temporal life Depends upon one's actions.

3. A.W. Tozer:

   As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry and clothing for the poor. Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality. (A.W. Tozer)

4. Henry Paulson:

   And oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging, it’s Positron Emission Tomography or PET imaging, and that can tell us which parts of the frontal lobes or the temporal lobes are involved.

5. Marion Woodman:

   It is amazing that our souls -- our eternal essences, with all their hopes an dreams and visions of an eternal world -- are contained within these temporal bodies.