NONTEMPORAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

nontemporal

adjective

Definition of nontemporal

as in celestial

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Recent Examples of nontemporal Where Reasons End is set in a nontemporal, nonphysical place. — Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nontemporal

Adjective

But in the end, trying to time celestial events from S301 would be irksome.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
September brings forth two completely different celestial energies, and each one focuses on something unique.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of celestial

Adjective

Eddy has been spared the worst violence; the novel casts his racial privilege as a kind of metaphysical exemption.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
There seems to be a deliberate effort here to make the show more fun without dumbing down its metaphysical and philosophical implications.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of metaphysical

Adjective

Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 May 2026
Channels the inner, bestial urges to release an unworldly howl that pushes back any nearby enemies.

— Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of unworldly

Adjective

During Argentina’s semifinal victory, against England, Messi, who is still playing at the unearthly age of thirty-nine, spent the opening hour of the match being buffeted and bypassed by the action.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 May 2026

Definition of unearthly

Adjective

But to say that Real Housewives lives in the same spiritual neighborhood as Big Little Lies, White Lotus, Girls Trip, and The Substance better captures the drama, the comedy, and the eternal fight against aging.

— Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
For decades, metaphysical stores and botanicas have sold religious items and offered spiritual cleansings and readings in spite of stigmatization and gentrification.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spiritual

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