Who Is a Worldly Person?

adjective. Someone who is worldly is experienced and knows about the practical or social aspects of life. He was different from anyone I had known, very worldly, everything that Duane was not. Synonyms: worldly-wise, knowing, experienced, politic More Synonyms of worldly.

What does it mean when someone is worldly?

worldly Add to list Share. You can use the adjective worldly to describe people who have knowledge of many topics or experience in many areas. You don't have to travel the globe to be worldly; reading and talking about many things with knowledge and enthusiasm is worldly too.

What do worldly things mean?

1 not spiritual; mundane or temporal. 2 (Also) worldly-minded absorbed in or concerned with material things or matters that are immediately relevant. 3 (Also) worldly-wise versed in the ways of the world; sophisticated. 4 Archaic existing on or relating to the earth.