Synonyms for secular
ˈsɛk yə lərsec·u·lar

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   unpredictable, religious, sacred, regular, nonsecular, monastic, short-term, frequent, non-recurring, music, everlasting, cyclical, eternal

2. secularadjective

   Not specifically religious.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   frequent, unpredictable, short-term, sacred, eternal, religious, music, regular, everlasting, cyclical, nonsecular, non-recurring, monastic

3. secularadjective

   Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   monastic, short-term, music, religious, non-recurring, eternal, nonsecular, unpredictable, everlasting, cyclical, frequent, regular, sacred

4. secularadjective

   Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

   secular clergy in Catholicism

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   unpredictable, frequent, eternal, religious, sacred, everlasting, cyclical, monastic, music, short-term, nonsecular, non-recurring, regular

5. secularadjective

   Happening once in an age or century.

   The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   non-recurring, monastic, short-term, eternal, regular, cyclical, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, unpredictable, music

6. secularadjective

   Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   everlasting, cyclical, unpredictable, religious, nonsecular, monastic, non-recurring, music, regular, eternal, short-term, frequent, sacred

7. secularadjective

   Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   monastic, music, non-recurring, regular, unpredictable, eternal, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, cyclical, short-term

8. secularadjective

   Unperturbed over time.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   regular, frequent, everlasting, sacred, short-term, nonsecular, monastic, religious, non-recurring, cyclical, unpredictable, eternal, music

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1. secular

   Synonyms:
   abominable, common, cursed, impure, polluted, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldly

   Antonyms:
   blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart

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1. secular

   Synonyms:
   worldly, profane, civil, unmonastic, temporal, laic

   Antonyms:
   regular, religious, monastic, spiritual, clerical

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1. layman, layperson, secularadjective

   someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

   Synonyms:
   layman, layperson

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

2. secularadjective

   of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

3. worldly, secular, temporaladjective

   characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

   "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, blase, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

4. profane, secularadjective

   not concerned with or devoted to religion

   "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

   Synonyms:
   lay, worldly, unconsecrated, profane, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, blue

   Antonyms:
   religious, sacred

5. secularadjective

   of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

   "the secular clergy"

   Synonyms:
   profane, lay, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

6. laic, lay, secularadjective

   characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

   "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

   Synonyms:
   lay, profane, temporal, laic, worldly

   Antonyms:
   sacred, religious

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   temporal, worldly, civil, profane, lay, not spiritual

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1. secularadjective

   Synonyms:
   temporal, worldly, laic, civil

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1. List of paraphrases for "secular":

   age-old, secularism, centuries-old, secularist, lay, non-denominational, non-religious, centuries-long, layman, layperson, non-confessional, worldly, century-old

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1. The IEA:

   Not only have product prices lagged those of crude during the selloff - as is common in a downturn - but they have raced ahead of them in the rebound, keeping refining margins remarkably firm, and supporting unexpectedly strong throughputs in once-depressed refining centres such as Europe and OECD Asia, product demand has shown signs of life, with even European demand emerging from a secular decline to show strong growth of 3.2 percent in December and 0.9 percent in January.

2. Maurice Meijers:

   This ongoing trade-war discussion is a much more secular theme rather than something that is going to be resolved in the next couple of days.

3. Antonin Scalia:

   In Torcaso v. Watkins, (1961), we did indeed refer to ‘secular humanism’ as a ‘religion’.

4. Rachel Campos-Duffy:

   In our secular culture, it's easy to forget that Jesus is the reason for the season.

5. Charlie Hebdo editor Gerard Briard:

   We are a secular, democratic and atheist newspaper, the term blasphemy has no meaning for us.