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Synonyms for temporal
ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəltem·po·ral
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
temporal
Synonyms:
secular, worldly, civil, political, transient, fleeting, laical, terrestrial, sublunary, mundaneAntonyms:
religious, spiritual, ecclesiastical, eternal, sacerdotal
Princeton's WordNet
temporal role, temporaladjective
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Synonyms:
temporal roletemporaladjective
not eternal
"temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt
temporaladjective
of or relating to or limited by time
"temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"
temporaladjective
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
"temporal bone"
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"
temporaladjective
of this earth or world
"temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
temporaladjective
Synonyms:
worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiasticaltemporaladjective
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#50 | time | |
#984 | political | |
#1668 | civil | |
#3606 | temporary | |
#4324 | lay | |
#9766 | temporal | |
#12548 | transient | |
#12654 | secular | |
#13732 | terrestrial | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#24806 | lobe | |
#32543 | profane | |
#34418 | fleeting | |
#113424 | blase |
How to use temporal in a sentence?
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.
Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He knows best what is profitable and beneficial to our temporal happiness and our eternal salvation.
These changes in the retina correlated with changes in parts of the brain called the entorhinal and temporal cortices, a hub for memory, navigation and the perception of time.
Translations for temporal
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- temporalCatalan, Valencian
- spánkový, časový, světskýCzech
- verdslig, tidsmæssigeDanish
- vorübergehend, zeitlich, Schläfen, zeitweilig, diesseitig, temporär, Schläfen-, weltlichGerman
- χρονικόςGreek
- tempaEsperanto
- sienes, temporalSpanish
- aja-, ajaline, ajutineEstonian
- زمانیPersian
- maallinen, väliaikainen, ajallinen, aika-, ohimo-, hetkellinen, lyhytaikainenFinnish
- temporelle, temporel, temporaireFrench
- saoghaltaScottish Gaelic
- זמניHebrew
- temporaleItalian
- templaris, temporarius, temporalis, temporalibusLatin
- forbigående, jordisk, temporal, verdslig, timelig, temporærNorwegian
- czasowyPolish
- temporalPortuguese
- temporal, trecător, temporarRomanian
- временной, временный, преходящий, височныйRussian
- tidsmässig, tillfällig, temporal, jordisk, världslig, temporär, tidsbundenSwedish
- உலகியல்Tamil
- muvakkat, geçici, cismani, dünyevi, zamana ait, fani, maddi, zamansalTurkish
- 颞Chinese
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