Synonyms: unsophisticated, unworldly
Definition: not wise in the ways of the world
Usage: either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver; this helplessly unworldly woman- Kate O'Brien
Definition: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Usage: a teenager's naive ignorance of life; the naive assumption that things can only get better; this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
Synonyms: unworldly
Definition: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
Usage: was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards- Sheldon Cheney
Similar words: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
Definition: characterized by ascetic solitude
Usage: the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony; his hermitic existence
Similar words: monastic, monastical, cloistered, cloistral, conventual
Definition: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Similar words: unearthly, spiritual
Definition: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
Usage: a spiritual approach to life; spiritual fulfillment; spiritual values; unearthly love
Similar words: unmercenary
Definition: not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains