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Synonyms for worldly
Adjective
- 1. worldly (vs. unworldly), economic, material, materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded, mundane, terrestrial, temporal, earthly, sophisticated
- usage: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement"
- 2. blase, worldly, sophisticated (vs. naive)
- usage: 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"
- 3. temporal, worldly, profane (vs. sacred)
- usage: concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"
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