secular
adjectiveHow many syllables in secular?
There are 3 syllables in the word secular.How to pronounce secular:
Definition of secular:
- secular (adjective):
- of or relating to the worldly or temporal
- not connected with religion or the church
- characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
Synonyms for secular:
atheistic
godless
irreligious
laic
lay
nonreligious
pagan
physical
profane
temporal
Antonyms for secular:
blessed
devout
divine
doctrinal
ecclesiastical
godly
hallowed
hierological
holy
mental
monastic
nonsecular
pious
religious
sacred
scriptural
spiritual
theological
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- stunningly
- lovable
- acquiesce
- exclaiming
- genuinely
- painfully
- proudest
- pleasantries
- sheepishly
- mindlessly
- serenely
- merciful
- hierarchal
- fraudulence
- rivulet
- rapier
- double-u
- famously
- plausibly
- lighthearted
- sensibly
- nonetheless
- diminish
- verbalize
- chronicles
- ennoble
- abruptness
- mannequin
- audibly
- tenuous
- critiqued
- obscenely
- devoutly
- debacle
- satiates
- unflinching
- pitying
- overripe
- insolent
- designate
- abutting
- pompously
- seasonal
- complaisant
- surfeiting
- venerates
- allaying
- misconceive
- assistants
- shininess
- … more
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