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Synonyms for worldly
ˈwɜrld liworld·ly

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. worldlyadjective

    Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

    Synonyms:
    material, mundane

  2. worldlyadjective

    Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.

    Synonyms:
    lay, profane

  3. worldlyadjective

    Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

    Synonyms:
    sophisticated, street-smart

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. worldly

    Synonyms:
    terrestrial, mundane, temporal, secular, earthly, carnal

    Antonyms:
    heavenly, spiritual

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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

    Antonyms:
    anchoritic, cloistered, naif, unworldly, unmercenary, eremitic, hermitical, monastical, unearthly, monastic, eremitical, cloistral, naive, spiritual, conventual, hermitic

  2. blase, worldlyadjective

    very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world

    "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

    Synonyms:
    bored, blase, temporal, secular

    Antonyms:
    anchoritic, naif, eremitic, hermitic, naive, unearthly, unmercenary, cloistral, monastical, monastic, eremitical, spiritual, conventual, cloistered, hermitical, unworldly

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  1. humanhoodadjective

    living in the flesh, not of the spirit!

    Submitted by churelle11 on June 30, 2023  

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  1. worldlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    earthly, mundane, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, common

  2. worldlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    secular, temporal

  3. worldlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    sordid, grovelling, selfish, earth-born, irreligious

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. worldlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    terrestrial, earthly, mundane, terrene, secular, temporal

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "worldly":

    secular

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#9766temporal
#9929bored
#12654secular
#13732terrestrial
#17926cursed
#22821earthly
#24522mundane
#24763worldly
#26728polluted
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#37394carnal
#44601impure
#51404abominable
#113424blase
#219191unhallowed

How to use worldly in a sentence?

  1. Francis Quarles:

    Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.

  2. Chris Aronson:

    You can't make this stuff up, the fact that there was the announcement on the same week as our film just excites people. Human beings are just interested in other worldly things right now.

  3. Marcus Valerius Martialis:

    The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.

  4. Vincent Van Gogh:

    Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”

  5. Merlin Figama Worshipper:

    Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.


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