Synonyms for religious
rɪˈlɪdʒ əs

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1. religious(adj)

   a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience

   Antonyms:
   unbelieving, nonchurchgoing, heathen, lapsed, nonobservant, atheistic, profane, ethnic, heathenish, atheistical, secular, pagan, irreligious, unscrupulous

2. religious, spiritual(adj)

   concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

   "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"

   Synonyms:
   ghostly, spiritual, spectral, apparitional, unearthly, phantasmal, ghostlike

   Antonyms:
   irreligious, secular, nonobservant, nonchurchgoing, unbelieving, heathenish, atheistic, pagan, ethnic, atheistical, profane, heathen, lapsed, unscrupulous

3. religious(adj)

   having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity

   "a religious man"; "religious attitude"

   Synonyms:
   spiritual

   Antonyms:
   secular, atheistic, unscrupulous, nonchurchgoing, unbelieving, nonobservant, pagan, irreligious, profane, heathenish, ethnic, atheistical, heathen, lapsed

4. religious(adj)

   of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows

   "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service"

   Synonyms:
   spiritual

   Antonyms:
   secular, nonobservant, heathen, lapsed, atheistical, heathenish, unbelieving, atheistic, pagan, profane, ethnic, unscrupulous, nonchurchgoing, irreligious

5. religious(adj)

   extremely scrupulous and conscientious

   "religious in observing the rules of health"

   Synonyms:
   spiritual

   Antonyms:
   atheistical, unscrupulous, secular, unbelieving, pagan, heathen, profane, ethnic, atheistic, lapsed, nonobservant, heathenish, irreligious, nonchurchgoing

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1. religious

   Synonyms:
   pious, godly, devout, devotional, divine, holy, sacred

   Antonyms:
   impious, ungodly, undevout, sacrilegious, blasphemous, sceptical, profane

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. religious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   devout, holy, godly, pious, devotional

2. religious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, scrupulous, exact, strict, rigid

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1. religious(a)

   Synonyms:
   pious, godly, devout, righteous, devotional, strict, exact, scrupulous, conscientious

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1. List of paraphrases for "religious":

   religion, faith-based, religions, religieux, religieuses, worship, denominational, religieuse, nuns, church, nun, faith, confessional, religiously, church-based, religion-based, clerical

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1. William Schaffner:

   And interestingly, it’s Mississippi, last in so many things, that is first in immunization rates, because that state does not allow either personal belief or religious exemptions.

2. Donald Trump:

   For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful, i am proud to be a Christian and, as president, I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current president.

3. Sri Lanka:

   Even on Easter Sunday, there are those who sow hatred and reap death. The attacks in Sri Lanka churches testify to a real genocide perpetrated against Christians. Let us pray for the innocent victims and work towards religious freedom around the world.

4. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas:

   The continuation of the occupation and violations to Muslim and Christian sites in East Jerusalem may open the gates to a religious conflict, we must maintain the historical condition and not the status quo imposed by Israel.

5. Jeremy Dys:

   Whether a student is being patriotic or engaging in religious speech, there is no law in this country forbidding a student from telling his or her classmates, ‘God bless America’ and it is illegal for a school to censor a student for doing so.

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