Definition for Worldly-wise:

• experienced in and wise to the ways of the world

Synonyms for Worldly-wise:

• adj.

  •disappointed (adjective)
  • disillusioned.
  •experienced in life (adjective)
  • enlightened,
  • aware,
  • mature,
  • sophisticated,
  • urbane.
  •let down (adjective)
  • disenchanted.

• n.

  •
  • knowledgeable,
  • cosmopolitan,
  • learned,
  • scholarly,
  • worldly.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • full-fledged,
  • cultured,
  • literate,
  • middlebrow,
  • overqualified.
  •
  • seasoned,
  • certified,
  • cultivated.
  •
  • informed.
  •
  • resident.
  •Other relevant words:
  • polished,
  • suave,
  • veteran,
  • matured,
  • practiced,
  • sophisticate,
  • not born yesterday,
  • old,
  • sagacious,
  • cosmopolite,
  • tried,
  • ripened,
  • elegant,
  • mundane,
  • tried and true,
  • cool,
  • refined,
  • blase,
  • ripe,
  • hip.

Antonyms for Worldly-wise:

• adj.

  • experienced in life
    unsophisticated, inexperienced, simple.
  • Other antonyms:
    uncivilized, guileless, idealistic, simpleminded, parochial, ingenuous, callow, raw, wide-eyed, rustic, philistine, childlike, unrefined, uncritical, unworldly, impractical, uncultured, naif, unknowing, green, innocent, untutored, provincial.