secular

1. 1.

   someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

   Synonymslaymanlayperson

   Broadercommoner

   Narrowerlay reader

   Part oflaity

Other forms of secular

plural

seculars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about secular

What does secular mean?

secular means "of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in secular?

secular has 3 syllables: sec-u-lar. The stress falls on "sec". In IPA it is /ˈsɛkjəlɚ/.

What is another word for secular?

Close synonyms include worldly, temporal, profane, laic, lay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of secular?

The recorded antonyms are religious.

Is secular a common word?

secular is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.