materialistic[adjective]Synonyms: banausic, earthy, mundane, sensual, temporal, worldly
Contrasted words: intellectual, mental, spiritual, unfleshly, unworldly, heavenly
Related Words: carnal,
profane,
earthly,
terrestrial,
secular,
unspiritual [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ma‧te‧ri‧a‧lis‧tic /məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk◂ $ -ˌtɪr-/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
material,
materialism,
materialist,
MATERIALS,
materialization;
adjective:
material,
immaterial,
materialistic,
materialist;
adverb:
materialistically,
materially;
verb:
materialize]
concerned only with money and possessions rather than things of the mind such as art, religion, or moral beliefs – used in order to show disapproval:
He’s so materialistic. the materialistic values of American society—materialistically /-kli/
adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲