Another word for earthly
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Adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth
- (Astronomy) Similar to the planet earth in size or composition:
- Transmitted from structures on the earth and not involving satellites:
- (Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
- Of or relating to the earth; earthly.
- Worldly; mundane
- Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
- Of, relating to, or limited by time:
- Secular or lay; civil:
- Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
- Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
- Terrestrial; tellurian
- Worldly rather than spiritual:
- Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
- Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious:
- Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
- Commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.
- Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
- Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
- Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
- (Archaic) Worldly
- Made of clay (especially said of pottery).
- Earthly; worldly.
Capable of being anticipated, considered, or imagined
- Morally acceptable or legal (rare).
- That can be considered as a possibility
- Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.
- Capable of becoming or of being made to be so; potential:
- Capable of happening but of uncertain likelihood:
- Permissible:
- Of a human being considered as a being who must eventually die
- Conceivable; imaginable:
- Conceivable; possible
- Attractive; pleasant:
- Such as will probably be satisfactory or rewarding; suitable
- Apt to achieve success or yield a desired outcome; promising:
- That can be imagined
- Conceivable in the imagination:
- Able to be imagined; conceivable
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Another word for earthly
Modifier
Terrestrial
Antonyms:Temporal
See also:
Synonym Study
- 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
- Worldly implies reference to the material concerns or pursuits of humankind and is chiefly contrasted with spiritual worldly wisdom
- Terrestrial , having as its opposite celestial (both Latin-derived parallels of the preceding terms), has special application in formal and scientific usage terrestrial magnetism
- Earthly is applied to that which belongs to the earth or to the present life and is chiefly contrasted with heavenly earthly pleasures
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