Worldly

//ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli//

Synonyms for "worldly" (106 found)

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7 relation types

Translations

88 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • دُنْيَوِيّ adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • دُنْيَوِيّ adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • материален adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • светски adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Catalan

4 entries
  • mundà adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • mundà adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • terrenal adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • terrè adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Dutch

4 entries
  • materieel adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • seculier adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • wereldlijk adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • wereldwijs adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • monda adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • monde adv (In a worldly manner.)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ilmalik adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • maine adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kokenut adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • maailmanmiesmäinen adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • maallinen adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • maallinen adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

French

1 entries
  • mondain adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ამქვეყნიური adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • მიწიერი adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • საერო adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

German

4 entries
  • weltgewandt adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • weltlich adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • weltlich adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • weltmännisch adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Greek

4 entries
  • κοσμικός adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • κοσμικός adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • κοσμικός adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • κοσμικώς adv (In a worldly manner.)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גשמי adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • חילוני adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Hindi

4 entries
  • लौकिक adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • लौकिक adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • सांसारिक adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • सांसारिक adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • anyagias adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • világi adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Irish

1 entries
  • domhanda adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Italian

2 entries
  • mondano adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • mondanamente adv (In a worldly manner.)

Korean

1 entries
  • 세속적 adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • е́рбап adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • и́скусен adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • овозе́мски adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • све́товен adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Middle English

4 entries
  • worldly adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • worldly adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • worldly adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • worldly adv (In a worldly manner.)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • verdensvant adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • weltlich adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • weltlich adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Polish

3 entries
  • laicki adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • światowy adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • świecki adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • mundano adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Romanian

1 entries
  • lumesc adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Russian

4 entries
  • быва́лый adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • земно́й adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • мирско́й adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • о́пытный adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • saoghalta adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • saoghalta adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • saoghalta adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cosmopolita adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • de mucho mundo adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • mundanal adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • mundano adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Swedish

4 entries
  • mondän adj (versed in the ways of the world)
  • världslig adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • världslig adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
  • världsvan adj (versed in the ways of the world)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • makamundo adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dünyevi adj (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
  • dünyevi adj (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.

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It was wrong to try to judge happiness in terms of worldly success.

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People have worldly passions which lead them into delusions and sufferings.

Source: tatoeba (269898)

He is indifferent to worldly success.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.