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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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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?
there has never been a moment in one's life when one might not have stumbled upon this strange reality: what am I doing, where am I so hurriedly running, what is my objective, this whole world is a rat race and I'm going no where, with out any goal, isn't it?. this thought comes to me very often. alas! what to do, don't know what and where to knock the door and experience reality. no sooner that I try, I'm again fallen into the dismal depths of abyss, into the worldly affairs”
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.
Melinda strikes me as someone who is not going to look for something purely superficial, shall we say, but Bill seems like a guy who part of what turns him on is intellect – smart women are very sexy to him. So I think that he's very likely to be with someone who is worldly, has life experience and is successful in her own right. Perhaps a woman that is very, very, very bright.
The cosmopolitan life here is so much more elegant and worldly and connected with other parts of the eastern Mediterranean.
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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