Synonyms for worldly
ˈwɜrld liworld·ly

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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

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1. worldly

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worldly

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

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, spiritual

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worldlyadjective

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

2. worldlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   secular, temporal

3. worldlyadjective

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

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1. worldlyadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "worldly":

   secular

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1. Marcus Valerius Martialis:

   The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.

2. Nelly Cheboi:

   Digital skills provide global opportunities, these kids are doing so much. They have Zoom calls with NASA. They are so worldly.

3. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!

4. Dante Alighieri:

   Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

5. G.K. Chesterton:

   One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.