Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure |
| Synonyms: | anointed, blessed, consecrated, deific, divine, hallowed, holy |
| Main Entry: | sanctify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in highest esteem |
| Synonyms: | absolve, anoint, bless, cleanse, consecrate, dedicate, deify, enshrine, glorify, hallow, purify, set apart, worship |
| Antonyms: | desecrate, dishonor, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike, perfect |
| Synonyms: | all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | hallowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, revered |
| Synonyms: | anointed, beatified, blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, enshrined, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | desecrated, irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
| Synonyms: | angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, glorified, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, messianic, moral, perfect, pietistic, pious, prayerful, pure, revered, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, uncorrupt, undefiled, untainted, unworldly, upright, venerable, venerated, virtuous |
| Notes: | holey means having holes; holy means sacred or belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; wholly means totally, completely, or entirely |
| Antonyms: | depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, unsacred, vile, wicked |
| Main Entry: | sacred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, blessed |
| Synonyms: | angelic, cherished, consecrated, divine, enshrined, godly, hallowed, numinous, pious, pure, religious, revered, sacramental, saintly, sanctified, solemn, spiritual, unprofane, venerable |
| Antonyms: | irreligious, lay, profane, ungodly, unholy, unsacred |
| Main Entry: | sacrosanct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sacred |
| Synonyms: | blessed, consecrated, divine, godly, hallowed, holy, pious, pure, religious, revered, sacramental, saintly, sanctified, spiritual, unprofane, venerated |
| Main Entry: | solemn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, sacred |
| Synonyms: | august, awe-inspiring, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, devotional, dignified, divine, formal, full, grand, grave, hallowed, holy, imposing, magnificent, majestic, momentous, ostentatious, overwhelming, plenary, religious, reverential, ritual, sanctified, stately, venerable |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, ordinary, unimpressive, unsacred, usual |
| Main Entry: | consecrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blessed |
| Synonyms: | hallowed, sanctified |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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