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- pronunciation:
- wuhrld
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
worldlier, worldliest |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the material world; not spiritual; secular.
- synonyms:
- earthly, mundane, secular, temporal, terrestrial
- antonyms:
- otherworldly, unworldly
- similar words:
- bodily, carnal, corporeal, fleshly, irreligious, lay, material, natural, physical, profane
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| definition 2: |
devoted to or knowledgeable about the people, things, activities, and pleasures of the material world; sophisticated.
- synonyms:
- materialistic, sophisticated, worldly-wise
- antonyms:
- innocent, naive, otherworldly, unsophisticated, unworldly
- similar words:
- blasé, carnal, cosmopolitan, fleshly, refined, sensuous, temporal, urbane
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| related words: |
human, secular, sensual |
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| derivation: |
worldliness (n.) |
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