carnal

The word “carnal” has 2 syllables: car-nal

It's pronounced as /ˈkɑr.nəl/


What is synonym and antonym for carnal?

In the thesaurus, “carnal” has 47 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for carnal along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for carnal

  • agreeable
  • anatomic
  • anatomical
  • animal
  • anthropic
  • anthropical
  • anthropocentric
  • bodily
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • daily
  • delectable
  • delicious
  • delightful
  • diurnal
  • dreamy
  • earthborn
  • earthbound
  • earthly
  • epicurean
  • fleshly
  • gratifying
  • hand-to-hand
  • luscious
  • lush
  • luxurious
  • material
  • mundane
  • palatable
  • physical
  • physiologic
  • physiological
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pleasurable
  • scrumptious
  • self-indulgent
  • sensual
  • sensuous
  • somatic
  • sublunary
  • temporal
  • terrene
  • terrestrial
  • unspiritual
  • voluptuous
  • worldly

Antonyms for carnal

  • bodiless
  • celestial
  • cerebral
  • devotional
  • disgusting
  • divine
  • elysian
  • empyreal
  • empyrean
  • ethereal
  • extraterrestrial
  • foul
  • harsh
  • heavenly
  • hideous
  • icky
  • immaterial
  • incorporeal
  • inner
  • insubstantial
  • intellectual
  • mental
  • metaphysical
  • nonmaterial
  • nonphysical
  • nontemporal
  • otherworldly
  • painful
  • psychic
  • psychical
  • psychologic
  • psychological
  • religious
  • sacred
  • spiritual
  • supernal
  • supernatural
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • uncomfortable
  • unearthly
  • unworldly
  • utopian

Meanings of carnal

  • adjective
    1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
    2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.
    3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.

Example Sentences

  • The novel explored themes of carnal desire and moral conflict.
  • He tried to resist the carnal temptations that surrounded him.
  • The painting was a vivid representation of carnal passion.
  • They viewed the ritual as a rejection of carnal pleasures.
  • Her poetry often delves into the tension between spiritual and carnal love.

On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to carnal, such as: agreeable, anatomic, anatomical, animal, anthropic, anthropical, anthropocentric.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

earthborn

  • animal
  • anthropic
  • anthropical
  • anthropocentric
  • anthropoid
  • bodily
  • carnal
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • creatural
  • daily
  • diurnal
  • earthbound
  • earthly
  • fleshly
  • hominid
  • human
  • humanlike
  • humanoid
  • material
  • mortal
  • mundane
  • natural
  • physical
  • sublunary
  • temporal
  • terrene
  • terrestrial
  • unspiritual
  • worldly

earthbound

  • animal
  • anthropic
  • anthropical
  • anthropocentric
  • bodily
  • carnal
  • colorless
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • daily
  • diurnal
  • drab
  • dreary
  • dry
  • earthborn
  • earthen
  • earthly
  • earthy
  • flat
  • flavorless
  • fleshly
  • humdrum
  • lackluster
  • lifeless
  • lusterless
  • material
  • mundane
  • ordinary
  • pedestrian
  • physical
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • secular
  • spiritless
  • stodgy
  • sublunary
  • tellurian
  • telluric
  • temporal
  • terrene
  • terrestrial
  • unimaginative
  • uninspired
  • uninteresting
  • unspiritual
  • worldly

earthly

  • alluvial
  • animal
  • anthropic
  • anthropical
  • anthropocentric
  • bodily
  • carnal
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • daily
  • diurnal
  • earthborn
  • earthbound
  • feasible
  • fleshly
  • geotic
  • global
  • human
  • imaginable
  • in all creation
  • likely
  • material
  • mortal
  • mundane
  • nonspiritual
  • physical
  • possible
  • potential
  • practical
  • probable
  • profane
  • secular
  • subastral
  • sublunary
  • tellurian
  • telluric
  • temporal
  • terraqueous
  • terrene
  • terrestrial
  • uncelestial
  • under the sun
  • unspiritual
  • worldly

pagan

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