Entry Word: mundane

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having to do with the practical details of regular life <they didn't want to be bothered with mundane concerns like doing the dishes while on vacation>

Synonyms everyday, prosaic, workaday

Related Words earthly, temporal, worldly; average, common, commonplace, customary, familiar, garden, normal, ordinary, plain, popular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual; frequent, habitual, regular; expected, predictable

Near Antonyms high-minded, lofty, noble, sublime; aberrant, abnormal, atypical; exceptional, extraordinary, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, singular, special, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted; bizarre, curious, funny, odd, outlandish, quaint, remarkable, strange, weird

2 having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven <a period for reflection and penitence, when spiritual concerns should take precedence over those that are mundane> — see earthly