Synonyms for secular
ˈsɛk yə lərsec·u·lar

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   unpredictable, religious, sacred, regular, nonsecular, monastic, short-term, frequent, non-recurring, music, everlasting, cyclical, eternal

2. secularadjective

   Not specifically religious.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   frequent, unpredictable, short-term, sacred, eternal, religious, music, regular, everlasting, cyclical, nonsecular, non-recurring, monastic

3. secularadjective

   Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   monastic, short-term, music, religious, non-recurring, eternal, nonsecular, unpredictable, everlasting, cyclical, frequent, regular, sacred

4. secularadjective

   Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

   secular clergy in Catholicism

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   unpredictable, frequent, eternal, religious, sacred, everlasting, cyclical, monastic, music, short-term, nonsecular, non-recurring, regular

5. secularadjective

   Happening once in an age or century.

   The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   non-recurring, monastic, short-term, eternal, regular, cyclical, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, unpredictable, music

6. secularadjective

   Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   everlasting, cyclical, unpredictable, religious, nonsecular, monastic, non-recurring, music, regular, eternal, short-term, frequent, sacred

7. secularadjective

   Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   monastic, music, non-recurring, regular, unpredictable, eternal, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, cyclical, short-term

8. secularadjective

   Unperturbed over time.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   regular, frequent, everlasting, sacred, short-term, nonsecular, monastic, religious, non-recurring, cyclical, unpredictable, eternal, music

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1. secular

   Synonyms:
   abominable, common, cursed, impure, polluted, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldly

   Antonyms:
   blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart

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1. secular

   Synonyms:
   worldly, profane, civil, unmonastic, temporal, laic

   Antonyms:
   regular, religious, monastic, spiritual, clerical

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1. layman, layperson, secularadjective

   someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

   Synonyms:
   layman, layperson

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

2. secularadjective

   of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

3. 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, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

4. profane, secularadjective

   not concerned with or devoted to religion

   "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

   Synonyms:
   lay, worldly, unconsecrated, profane, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, blue

   Antonyms:
   religious, sacred

5. secularadjective

   of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

   "the secular clergy"

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

6. laic, lay, secularadjective

   characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

   "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

   Synonyms:
   lay, profane, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   temporal, worldly, civil, profane, lay, not spiritual

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   temporal, worldly, laic, civil

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1. List of paraphrases for "secular":

   age-old, secularism, centuries-old, secularist, lay, non-denominational, non-religious, centuries-long, layman, layperson, non-confessional, worldly, century-old

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1. Thomas Alan Schwartz:

   The Super Bowl is one of the secular national holidays we have that tends to promote unity, the idea being that we all like watching the game. It’s an opportunity to hit an audience that he would otherwise have a hard time finding.

2. Henry Van Dyke:

   Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

3. Morgan Stanley economist Manoj Pradhan:

   By convincing markets and policymakers that secular stagnation is the correct model of the economy, the thesis may have paradoxically lowered real interest rates enough to make secular stagnation less likely.

4. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

   As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.

5. Daniel Perez:

   We’re targeting a 2022 IPO, we’ve passed $100 million revenue with clear momentum to $200 million. There is a secular trend towards digitization and healthcare, and we were feeling these tailwinds even pre COVID.