Synonyms for earthly

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1. Terrestrial

   human, mortal, sublunary, terrene, terraqueous, tellurian, subastral, telluric, global, alluvial, mundane, worldly, natural, under the sun, in all creation.

   Antonyms unearthly, superhuman, unnatural.

2. Temporal

   worldly, mundane, unspiritual, secular, material, physical; see also worldly 1.

3. Imaginable

   conceivable, possible, feasible; see imaginable, practical.

earthly is applied to that which belongs to the earth or to the present life and is chiefly contrasted with heavenly earthly pleasures; terrestrial, having as its opposite celestial (both Latin-derived parallels of the preceding terms), has special application in formal and scientific usage terrestrial magnetism; worldly implies reference to the material concerns or pursuits of humankind and is chiefly contrasted with spiritual worldly wisdom; mundane, although often used as a close synonym of worldly, now esp. stresses the commonplace or practical aspects of life to return to mundane matters after a flight of fancy