This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Worldly synonyms

Sorting by
Votes
mundane
Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
0
0
  1. Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
  2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
  3. Commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.
earthly
Worldly:
0
0
  1. Worldly:
  2. Conceivable; possible
  3. Conceivable; possible:
ungodly
(Informal) Outrageous; dreadful
0
1
  1. (Informal) Outrageous; dreadful
  2. Not godly or religious; impious
  3. Outrageous:
matter-of-fact
Lacking emotion or colour
0
0
  1. Lacking emotion or colour
  2. Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
  3. Sticking strictly to facts; literal, unimaginative, unemotional, prosaic, etc.
practical
Concerned with the production or operation of something useful:
0
0
  1. Concerned with the production or operation of something useful:
  2. Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful:
  3. Manifested in or involving practice:
secular
Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
0
0
  1. Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
  2. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious:
  3. Not bound by the full monastic rule of a religious order. Used of clergy.
profane
Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irreverent
0
0
  1. Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irreverent
  2. Not connected with religion or religious matters; secular
  3. Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular:
strategic
Characterized by sound strategy; favorable; advantageous
0
0
  1. Characterized by sound strategy; favorable; advantageous
  2. Important or essential in relation to a plan of action:
  3. Intended to destroy the military potential of an enemy:
money-making
That acquires money
0
0
  1. That acquires money
unprincipled
Lacking moral values
0
0
  1. Lacking moral values
  2. Characterized by lack of moral principles; unscrupulous
self-centered
Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
0
0
  1. Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
  2. Of a person, egotistically obsessed with himself or herself.
opportunistic
Designating or of an infection or disease caused by a microorganism (opportunistic microorganism) that is normally not virulent but that can cause a serious condition in those with a weakened immune system
0
0
  1. Designating or of an infection or disease caused by a microorganism (opportunistic microorganism) that is normally not virulent but that can cause a serious condition in those with a weakened immune system
  2. Said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
  3. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
sophisticated
Highly complex, refined, or developed; characterized by advanced form, technique, etc.
0
0
  1. Highly complex, refined, or developed; characterized by advanced form, technique, etc.
  2. Having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement:
  3. Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates:
terrestrial
(Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
0
0
  1. (Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
  2. (Astronomy) Similar to the planet earth in size or composition:
  3. (Archaic) Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
earthly
Conceivable; possible:
0
0
  1. Conceivable; possible:
  2. Terrestrial; not heavenly or divine:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of this earth.
sublunary
Situated between the earth and the moon; sublunar or cislunar.
0
0
  1. Situated between the earth and the moon; sublunar or cislunar.
  2. Earthly; mundane
  3. Of this world (as opposed to heaven etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
mundane
Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
0
0
  1. Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
  2. Commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.
  3. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
telluric
Of, derived from, or containing tellurium, esp. in a higher valence than in the corresponding tellurous compounds
0
0
  1. Of, derived from, or containing tellurium, esp. in a higher valence than in the corresponding tellurous compounds
  2. Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
  3. Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
human
A member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
0
0
  1. A member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
  2. Made up of humans:
  3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans:
natural
Related genetically:
0
0
  1. Related genetically:
  2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
  3. (Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned:
earthbound
Confined to the Earth
0
0
  1. Confined to the Earth
  2. Confined to or by the earth or earthly things
  3. Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns:
earthen
Made of clay (especially said of pottery).
0
0
  1. Made of clay (especially said of pottery).
  2. Earthly; worldly.
earthly
Worldly:
0
0
  1. Worldly:
  2. Terrestrial
  3. Temporal or secular
earthy
Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
0
0
  1. Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
  2. (Archaic) Worldly
  3. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
mundane
Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
0
0
  1. Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
  2. Commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.
  3. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
secular
Worldly rather than spiritual:
0
0
  1. Worldly rather than spiritual:
  2. Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
  3. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious:
tellurian
(Mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tellurium.
0
0
  1. (Mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tellurium.
  2. Of the earth; terrestrial
telluric
Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
0
0
  1. Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
  2. Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
  3. Terrestrial; tellurian
temporal
Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
0
0
  1. Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
  2. Of, relating to, or limited by time:
  3. Secular or lay; civil:
terrene
Of or relating to the earth; earthly.
0
0
  1. Of or relating to the earth; earthly.
  2. Worldly; mundane
terrestrial
(Archaic) Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
0
0
  1. (Archaic) Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
  2. Transmitted from structures on the earth and not involving satellites:
  3. (Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
lay
Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional:
0
0
  1. Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional:
  2. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
  3. Of, relating to, or involving the laity:
profane
Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular:
0
0
  1. Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular:
  2. Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
  3. Not connected with religion or religious matters; secular
secular
Worldly rather than spiritual:
0
0
  1. Worldly rather than spiritual:
  2. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious:
  3. Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
temporal
Of or near the temple or temples (of the head)
0
0
  1. Of or near the temple or temples (of the head)
  2. Of, relating to, or limited by time:
  3. Secular or lay; civil:
cosmopolitan
Not bound by local or national habits or prejudices; at home in all countries or places
0
0
  1. Not bound by local or national habits or prejudices; at home in all countries or places
  2. So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest:
  3. Characterized by worldly sophistication; fashionable, urbane, etc.
sophisticated
Not simple, artless, naive, etc.; urbane, worldly-wise, etc. or knowledgeable, perceptive, subtle, etc.
0
0
  1. Not simple, artless, naive, etc.; urbane, worldly-wise, etc. or knowledgeable, perceptive, subtle, etc.
  2. Very complex or complicated:
  3. Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates:
worldly-wise
Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.
0
0
  1. Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.
  2. Experienced in the ways of the world; sophisticated and cosmopolitan
Find another word for worldly. In this page you can discover 49 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for worldly, like: mundane, earthly, ungodly, matter-of-fact, practical, secular, profane, strategic, grubbing, money-making and unprincipled.

Sentence Examples

  • Worldly conversation at a moment when his soul is already prepared...

  • Approaching the abbey he resolved to do as his favourite hero Amadis de Gaul did - keep a vigil all night before the Lady altar and then lay aside his worldly armour to put on that of Christ.

  • Brother Urusov came and we talked about worldly vanities.

  • At the same time that the Neo-Platonists, like Ficino and Pico de la Mirandola, and the pantheists, whose God was little more than a reverential conception of the universe at large, and the purely worldly humanists, like Celtes and Bebel, were widely diverging each by his own particular path from the ecclesiastical Weltanschauung of the middle ages, Ulrich von Hutten was busy attacking the Curia in his witty Dialogues, in the name of German patriotism.

  • There was also the boundless abuse and arbitrary exercise of the right of ecclesiastical patronage (provisions, reservations); and further the ever-increasing traffic in dispensations, the abuse of spiritual punishments for worldly ends, and so forth.

More sentences →

Words that mention worldly in the Dictionary

Words near worldly in the Thesaurus