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Synonyms for worldly
ˈwɜrld liworld·ly
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Wiktionary
worldlyadjective
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
worldlyadjective
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
worldlyadjective
Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
Synonyms:
sophisticated, street-smart
English Synonyms and Antonyms
worldly
Synonyms:
abominable, common, cursed, impure, polluted, secular, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wickedAntonyms:
blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart
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Princeton's WordNet
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, secularAntonyms:
anchoritic, cloistered, naif, unworldly, unmercenary, eremitic, hermitical, monastical, unearthly, monastic, eremitical, cloistral, naive, spiritual, conventual, hermiticblase, 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, secularAntonyms:
anchoritic, naif, eremitic, hermitic, naive, unearthly, unmercenary, cloistral, monastical, monastic, eremitical, spiritual, conventual, cloistered, hermitical, unworldly
Editors Contribution
humanhoodadjective
living in the flesh, not of the spirit!
Submitted by churelle11 on June 30, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
worldlyadjective
Synonyms:
earthly, mundane, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, commonworldlyadjective
worldlyadjective
Synonyms:
sordid, grovelling, selfish, earth-born, irreligious
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List of paraphrases for "worldly":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#736 | common | |
#812 | material | |
#4324 | lay | |
#6642 | sophisticated | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9766 | temporal | |
#9929 | bored | |
#12654 | secular | |
#13732 | terrestrial | |
#17926 | cursed | |
#22821 | earthly | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#26728 | polluted | |
#32543 | profane | |
#34224 | unholy | |
#37394 | carnal | |
#44601 | impure | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#113424 | blase | |
#219191 | unhallowed |
How to use worldly in a sentence?
Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.
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.
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”
Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.
Translations for worldly
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- mundanoSpanish
- maallinen, sekulaarinen, mainenFinnish
- domhandaIrish
- saoghaltaScottish Gaelic
- mondano, mondanamenteItalian
- mundanusLatin
- способен, ербап, овоземски, искусен, светски, световенMacedonian
- wereldwijs, seculier, wereldlijk, materieelDutch
- verdensvantNorwegian
- mundanoPortuguese
- опытный, суетный, светский, земной, бывалый, мирскойRussian
- världsligSwedish
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