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WORLDLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worldling mean?
• WORLDLING (noun)
The noun WORLDLING has 2 senses:
1. a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world
2. an inhabitant of the earth
Familiarity information: WORLDLING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("worldling" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inhabitant of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
earthling; earthman; tellurian; worldling
Hypernyms ("worldling" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
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