spiritual

[spir-i-choo-uhl] / ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl /

ADJECTIVE

religious, otherworldly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

divine metaphysical sacred

STRONG

devotional holy intangible

WEAK

airy asomatous discarnate disembodied ethereal extramundane ghostly immaterial incorporeal nonmaterial nonphysical platonic pure rarefied refined supernal unfleshly unphysical

Antonyms

WEAK

bodily irreligious irreverent physical unspiritual

Example Sentences

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Newsom touted the effort in his 2024 salmon strategy, which featured a smiling photograph of Winnemem Wintu Chief and spiritual leader Caleen Sisk next to Chuck Bonham, then-director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Zelensky was also due to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of most Christian Orthodox churches, a week before the Orthodox Easter, celebrated in Ukraine and Russia on April 12.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Some writers and artists who initially championed boundary-pushing aestheticism later found a spiritual home in the Catholic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Rather, he wrote, “a nation is a soul, a spiritual principle,” made up of “a rich legacy of memories” combined with “present-day consent, the desire to live together.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

As for most Muslims, Ramadan was a special time for me; fasting allowed for spiritual reflection and a remembrance of God and His mercy.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech

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