Synonyms for temporal
ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəltem·po·ral

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1. temporal

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly, civil, political, transient, fleeting, laical, terrestrial, sublunary, mundane

   Antonyms:
   religious, spiritual, ecclesiastical, eternal, sacerdotal

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1. 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 role

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, lasting, permanent

2. temporaladjective

   not eternal

   "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   lasting, permanent, heavenly

3. temporaladjective

   of or relating to or limited by time

   "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, permanent, lasting

4. temporaladjective

   of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

   "temporal bone"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   lasting, heavenly, permanent

5. 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, laic, secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting, heavenly

6. temporaladjective

   of this earth or world

   "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, permanent, lasting

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1. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical

2. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY

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1. temporaladjective

   Synonyms:
   secular, worldly, temporary, political, civil

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1. List of paraphrases for "temporal":

   temporary, time, lobe

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1. Mary Baker Eddy:

   Spirit is the real and eternal matter is the unreal and temporal.

2. Meister Eckhart:

   Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.

3. Henry Paulson:

   And oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging, it’s Positron Emission Tomography or PET imaging, and that can tell us which parts of the frontal lobes or the temporal lobes are involved.

4. Siddha Nagarjuna:

   This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality Whatever it encounters in this temporal life Depends upon one's actions.

5. The FDA:

   Given the temporal association and biological plausibility, FDA agrees with the assessments of the investigators that these events were possibly related to study vaccine. … Therefore, [Guillain-Barre] is being considered an important potential risk.