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Synonyms for secular
ˈsɛk yə lərsec·u·lar
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Wiktionary
secularadjective
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worldlyAntonyms:
unpredictable, religious, sacred, regular, nonsecular, monastic, short-term, frequent, non-recurring, music, everlasting, cyclical, eternalsecularadjective
Not specifically religious.
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frequent, unpredictable, short-term, sacred, eternal, religious, music, regular, everlasting, cyclical, nonsecular, non-recurring, monasticsecularadjective
Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.
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monastic, short-term, music, religious, non-recurring, eternal, nonsecular, unpredictable, everlasting, cyclical, frequent, regular, sacredsecularadjective
Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
secular clergy in Catholicism
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unpredictable, frequent, eternal, religious, sacred, everlasting, cyclical, monastic, music, short-term, nonsecular, non-recurring, regularsecularadjective
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.
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non-recurring, monastic, short-term, eternal, regular, cyclical, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, unpredictable, musicsecularadjective
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
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everlasting, cyclical, unpredictable, religious, nonsecular, monastic, non-recurring, music, regular, eternal, short-term, frequent, sacredsecularadjective
Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.
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monastic, music, non-recurring, regular, unpredictable, eternal, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, cyclical, short-termsecularadjective
Unperturbed over time.
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worldlyAntonyms:
regular, frequent, everlasting, sacred, short-term, nonsecular, monastic, religious, non-recurring, cyclical, unpredictable, eternal, music
English Synonyms and Antonyms
secular
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abominable, common, cursed, impure, polluted, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldlyAntonyms:
blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
layman, layperson, secularadjective
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
secularadjective
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
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"
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"
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lay, worldly, unconsecrated, profane, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, bluesecularadjective
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
"the secular clergy"
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"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #618 | blue | |
| #736 | common | |
| #1668 | civil | |
| #4324 | lay | |
| #8459 | wicked | |
| #9766 | temporal | |
| #12654 | secular | |
| #17926 | cursed | |
| #24763 | worldly | |
| #26728 | polluted | |
| #32543 | profane | |
| #34224 | unholy | |
| #35469 | layman | |
| #44601 | impure | |
| #48287 | secularism | |
| #51404 | abominable | |
| #63931 | blasphemous | |
| #80566 | layperson | |
| #113424 | blase | |
| #120427 | secularist | |
| #127982 | sacrilegious | |
| #219191 | unhallowed |
How to use secular in a sentence?
My mom has prayed for me my entire life, hoping I ’d come back to God, i never left Him, I was just a little bit secular, I was more materialistic and more career-driven.
With American troops on the ground and no governing authority capable of taking charge, the United States faces the real possibility of a secular version of militant Islam.
The Geneva forum should be a 'workshop' for agreeing on the outlines of Syria's future secular statehood and for determining the ways of reaching that, but not an 'eastern bazaar' with elements of crude blackmail in respect of the international community, by issuing ultimatums, the Riyadh group, it seems, is trying to mask the fact it has no concrete and realistic proposals.
Secular growth stories overwhelm the threat of increased trade frictions every time.
We are deliberately choosing to be a secular, pro-family organization.
Translations for secular
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- دنياوي, علمانيArabic
- světskýCzech
- sekulæreDanish
- säkular, weltlichGerman
- κοσμικόςGreek
- mundano, secular, seglar, laicoSpanish
- سکولارPersian
- pitkäaikainen, sekulaarinen, maallikko, ajallinen, pysyvä, maallinenFinnish
- mondain, séculaire, séculier, laïqueFrench
- saoghaltaScottish Gaelic
- पन्थनिरपेक्ष, लौकिकHindi
- secolareItalian
- חילוניHebrew
- 非宗教的, 世俗Japanese
- whakawhenuaMāori
- seculier, wereldlijkDutch
- świeckiPolish
- secularPortuguese
- laicRomanian
- светский, мирской, секулярныйRussian
- långsamt skeende, sekulärSwedish
- світськийUkrainian
- thế tụcVietnamese
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