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temporal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of temporal

1 having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven

do not worry about temporal concerns, but instead focus on spiritual matters

Synonyms of temporal

carnal, earthborn, earthbound, earthly, fleshly, material, mundane, sublunary, terrene, terrestrial, worldly

Words Related to temporal

animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical

anthropic (or anthropical), anthropocentric

Near Antonyms of temporal

celestial, Elysian, empyreal, empyrean, supernal

devotional, divine, religious, sacred, spiritual, utopian

extraterrestrial

ethereal, supernatural, transcendent, transcendental

Antonyms of temporal

heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly

2 not involving religion or religious matters

administrators on campus are in place to deal with students' temporal needs, and spiritual advisors are available to help students with their nontemporal needs

Synonyms of temporal

nonreligious, profane, secular

Words Related to temporal

atheistic, godless, irreligious, pagan, paganish, religionless

laical (or laic), lay, nonclerical

nondenominational, nonsectarian

earthly, mundane, terrene, terrestrial, worldly

material, physical, substantial

bodily, carnal, corporal, fleshly

blasphemous, impious, irreverent, sacrilegious

unconsecrated, unhallowed

Near Antonyms of temporal

divine, spiritual

consecrated, hallowed, holy, sacrosanct, sanctified

churchly, devout, godly, pious, prayerful, reverent, worshipful

ethereal, insubstantial, metaphysical, unsubstantial

bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, nonphysical

Antonyms of temporal

religious, sacred

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