unworldly
Detached from reality
Unworldly describes someone naive about practical matters or unconcerned with material success.
An unworldly person may be sheltered, spiritually focused, or simply indifferent to how the world works: He had an unworldly innocence that made him easy to deceive.
The word can also mean ethereal or otherworldly: an unworldly beauty.
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
childlike · pure · simple · unaffected · unpretentious · trusting · unwary · credulous
Free from moral wrong
- guilelessFree from deceit
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
ingenuous · wide-eyed · trusting · sheltered · inexperienced · unwary · simple · gullible
Exceeding usual boundaries
- celestialOf the sky above
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
astral · intangible · incorporeal · phantasmal · spectral · ghostly · airy · gossamer
Seeker of sacred truth
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- monasticOf religious community life
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
pious · saintly · hermetic · cloistered · meditative · detached · anchorite · reclusive
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
abstinence · celibacy · fasting · simplicity · discipline · anchorite · recluse · monasticism
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- unearthlySupernatural or eerie
apparition · haunting · paranormal · wraith · phantom · spooky · uncanny · preternatural
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
unsophisticated · childlike · pure · simple · unaffected · unpretentious · trusting · unwary · credulous · gullible
innocent
Free from moral wrong
- guilelessFree from deceit
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
artless · ingenuous · wide-eyed · trusting · sheltered · inexperienced · unwary · simple · gullible · credulous
transcendent
Exceeding usual boundaries
heavenly · astral · intangible · incorporeal · phantasmal · spectral · ghostly · airy · gossamer · wispy
mystic
Seeker of sacred truth
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- monasticOf religious community life
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
devout · pious · saintly · hermetic · cloistered · meditative · detached · anchorite · reclusive · prayerful
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
austerity · abstinence · celibacy · fasting · simplicity · discipline · anchorite · recluse · monasticism · detachment
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- eerieDisturbingly strange
unearthly · apparition · haunting · paranormal · wraith · phantom · spooky · uncanny · preternatural · mysterious
- idealisticidealist, idealistic, utopian, quixotic, dreamer
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, blameless
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth
- hermitshermit, hermitage, recluse, anchorite, eremite
- simple livingsimple living, frugality, minimalism, decluttering, back-to-the-land
unworldlyworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
worldly-wise · sophisticated · cosmopolitan · experienced · streetwise
unworldlyworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
earthly · material · materialistic · secular · temporal
unworldlycynical
Doubting human goodness
skeptical · suspicious · wary · guarded · distrustful