| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritual |
Synonyms: |
abstract, astral, celestial, daydreaming, daydreamy, dreamy, ethereal, extraterrestrial, fantastic, incorporeal, metaphysical, nonmaterialistic, otherworldly, religious, supersensory, transcendental, unearthly, unreal, visionary |
Antonyms: |
earthly, material, worldly |
| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sophisticated; inexperienced |
Synonyms: |
artless, babe in woods, clean, corn-fed, country, folksy, green*, idealistic, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, raw*, simple, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, uncool, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, worldly |
| Main Entry: | dewy-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent |
Synonyms: |
dovelike, green, inexperienced, naive, pure, sinless, uncorrupted, undefiled, unworldly, wide-eyed |
| Main Entry: | ethereal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, heavenly |
Synonyms: |
aerial, airy, celestial, dainty, divine, empyreal, empyrean, exquisite, fairy, filmy, fine, gaseous, ghostly, gossamer, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, light, rarefied, refined, spiritual, sublime, subtle, supernal, tenuous, unearthly, unsubstantial, unworldly, vaporous, vapory |
Antonyms: |
earthly, indelicate, worldly |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
Synonyms: |
angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, glorified, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, messianic, moral, perfect, pietistic, pious, prayerful, pure, revered, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, uncorrupt, undefiled, untainted, unworldly, upright, venerable, venerated, virtuous |
| Notes: | holey means having holes; holy means sacred or belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; wholly means totally, completely, or entirely |
Antonyms: |
depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, unsacred, vile, wicked |
| Main Entry: | immaterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not existing in physical form |
Synonyms: |
aerial, airy, apparitional, asomatous, bodiless, celestial, disbodied, discarnate, disembodied, dreamlike, dreamy, ethereal, ghostly, heavenly, impalpable, imponderable, incorporate, incorporeal, insensible, intangible, metaphysical, nonmaterial, nonphysical, psychic, shadowy, spectral, spiritlike, spiritual, subjective, supernatural, unearthly, unembodied, unfleshly, unsubstantial, unworldly, wraithlike |
Antonyms: |
bodily, material, physical, real, solid, substantial |
| Main Entry: | inexperienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskilled, unfamiliar |
Synonyms: |
amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, prentice, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, spring chicken, tenderfoot, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unconversant, undisciplined, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind ears, young |
Antonyms: |
educated, experienced, expert, familiar, schooled, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed |
| Main Entry: | innocent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless, naive |
Synonyms: |
artless, childlike, credulous, frank, fresh, guileless, gullible, hurtless, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocuous, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, offenseless, open, raw, safe, simple, soft, square, unacquainted, unartificial, uncool, unfamiliar, unhurtful, uninjurious, unmalicious, unobjectionable, unoffensive, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsuspicious, unworldly, well-intentioned, wellmeant, wide-eyed, youthful |
Antonyms: |
cunning, experienced, impure, knowledgeable |
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb, like a babe in the woods, natural, open, original, patsy, plain, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, unaffected |
Synonyms: |
artless, being oneself, candid, childlike, credulous, direct, easy, folksy, forthright, frank, genuine, homey, ignorant, impulsive, inartificial, ingenuous, innocent, instinctive, laid-back*, naive, plain, primitive, provincial, real, rustic, simple, simplehearted, sincere, spontaneous, straightforward, trusting, unassumed, uncontrived, undesigning, unembarrassed, unfeigned, unforced, unlabored, unpolished, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly, up-front |
Antonyms: |
affected, artificial, pretended, unnatural |