Definition for Holy:

• Consecrated, sacred; morally& spiritually perfect; belonging to, commissioned by, devoted to, God; of high moral excellence; ( n.) h. of hh., inner chamber of sanctuary in Jewish temple, separated by veil from h. place or outer chamber, ( fig.) innermost shrine; h. cross( of Christ); H. CITY; H. Cross day, festival of Exaltation of the Cross, Sep. 14; h.- day, religious festival; H. FAMILY; H. Ghost, Spirit, third person of the Godhead; H. GRAIL; H. Land, W. Palestine, esp. Judaea; H. OFFICE; h. ORDERS; H. ROMAN Empire; H. Thursday, ( prop.) Ascension Day, ( pop.) Thursday in H. Week; H. Saturday( in H. Week); h. water, water dedicated to h. uses, or blessed by a priest; H. Week( before Easter Sunday); H. Writ, h. writings collectively, esp. the Bible. [ old English]

Synonyms for Holy:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • holy.
  •angelic (adjective)
  • archangelic,
  • cherubic,
  • self-sacrificing,
  • ethereal,
  • otherworldly,
  • celestial,
  • virtuous,
  • beatific,
  • beneficent,
  • lovely,
  • radiant,
  • entrancing,
  • adorable,
  • rapturous.
  •blessed (adjective)
  • sacred,
  • enthroned,
  • saved,
  • adored,
  • resurrected,
  • redeemed,
  • Rewarded,
  • exalted.
  •celestial (adjective)
  • empyrean,
  • astral,
  • olympian,
  • supernal,
  • transcendental,
  • immortal,
  • supernatural.
  •churchly (adjective)
  • most churchlike,
  • churchier,
  • churchiest,
  • more churchlike,
  • churchlike,
  • ecclesiastical.
  •clerical (adjective)
  • ecclesiastic,
  • cleric,
  • monkish,
  • pontifical,
  • papal,
  • ministerial,
  • priestly,
  • Theocratical,
  • canonical,
  • monastic,
  • sacerdotal,
  • pastoral.
  •deific (adjective)
  • most deifying,
  • more deifying.
  •devout (adjective)
  • adherent,
  • Revering,
  • profound,
  • genuine,
  • fervid,
  • worshiping,
  • serious,
  • goody two-shoes,
  • ardent,
  • intense,
  • zealous,
  • adoring,
  • deep,
  • passionate,
  • fervent,
  • venerating,
  • earnest,
  • sincere,
  • goody-goody,
  • heartfelt.
  •divine (adjective)
  • beautiful,
  • glorious,
  • ambrosial,
  • excellent,
  • transcendent,
  • omnipresent,
  • wonderful,
  • unearthly,
  • mystical,
  • superhuman,
  • supreme,
  • Anointed,
  • blissful,
  • omniscient,
  • superlative,
  • marvelous,
  • splendid,
  • magnificent.
  •ecclesiastical (adjective)
  • parochial,
  • sectarian,
  • Diaconal.
  •ghostly (adjective)
  • ghastly,
  • phantasmal,
  • apparitional,
  • deathlike,
  • uncanny,
  • corpselike,
  • scary,
  • wan,
  • cadaverous,
  • scarier,
  • eerie,
  • spectral,
  • ghostlike,
  • eidolic,
  • pale,
  • haunted,
  • vampiric,
  • wraithlike,
  • illusory,
  • shadowy,
  • phantom,
  • weird,
  • wraithy,
  • insubstantial.
  •god-fearing (adjective)
  • theological.
  •godly (adjective)
  • bornagain,
  • saintlike,
  • most bornagain,
  • more born again,
  • most saintlike,
  • more bornagain,
  • more born-again,
  • more saintlike,
  • most born again.
  •hallowed (adjective)
  • most enshrined,
  • more enshrined.
  •heavenly (adjective)
  • paradisaical,
  • paradisiac,
  • paradisal,
  • paradisiacal,
  • extraterrestrial.
  •holy (adjective)
  • devoted,
  • prayerful,
  • venerable,
  • chaste,
  • glorified,
  • sanctified,
  • faultless,
  • immaculate,
  • upright,
  • believing,
  • pure,
  • pious,
  • revered,
  • messianic,
  • Uncorrupt,
  • humble,
  • just,
  • spotless,
  • perfect,
  • seraphic,
  • unworldly,
  • reverent,
  • consecrated,
  • untainted,
  • clean,
  • venerated,
  • dedicated,
  • innocent,
  • faithful,
  • moral,
  • undefiled.
  •ineffable (adjective)
  • unspeakable,
  • beyond words,
  • too sacred for words,
  • untellable.
  •inviolable (adjective)
  • in-violable,
  • in violable.
  •ministerial (adjective)
  • clergiest,
  • clergier.
  •numinous (adjective)
  • un worldlier,
  • un-worldliest,
  • un-worldly,
  • un worldly.
  •paradisaic (adjective)
  • paradisaic.
  •pious (adjective)
  • cultist,
  • christian,
  • superstitious,
  • dogmatic,
  • worshipful,
  • holier-than-thou,
  • dutiful,
  • obedient,
  • sanctimonious.
  •religious (adjective)
  • more doctrinal,
  • most doctrinal,
  • most scriptural,
  • more scriptural.
  •righteous (adjective)
  • law abiding,
  • de-serving,
  • more law-abiding,
  • most law-abiding,
  • more lawabiding,
  • lawabiding,
  • most lawabiding,
  • rightminded,
  • de serving,
  • more law abiding,
  • right minded,
  • most law abiding.
  •saintly (adjective)
  • up-standing,
  • most sainted,
  • most seraph,
  • up standing,
  • more sainted,
  • more seraph.
  •sinless (adjective)
  • innocent as lamb.
  •solemn (adjective)
  • over-whelming,
  • more ritual,
  • most ritual,
  • over whelming,
  • awe inspiring,
  • aweinspiring.
  •spiritual (adjective)
  • in tangible,
  • in-corporeal,
  • non material,
  • un-physical,
  • most discarnate,
  • more discarnate,
  • un fleshlier,
  • un-fleshlier,
  • un fleshliest,
  • non physical,
  • un-fleshly,
  • meta-physical,
  • un physical,
  • in-tangible,
  • un-fleshliest,
  • more asomatous,
  • most nonmaterial,
  • unfleshliest,
  • nonphysical,
  • unfleshlier,
  • meta physical,
  • dis-embodied,
  • un fleshly,
  • in corporeal,
  • most asomatous,
  • re fined,
  • dis embodied,
  • more nonmaterial,
  • extra mundane,
  • most unphysical,
  • extra-mundane,
  • more unphysical.
  •sublime (adjective)
  • sub-lime,
  • most splendiferous,
  • re-splendent,
  • sub lime,
  • more dynamite,
  • more splendiferous.
  •undefiled (adjective)
  • un stained,
  • un defiled,
  • more unwemmed,
  • un-blemished,
  • most unwemmed,
  • un-defiled,
  • un-corrupted,
  • un-stained,
  • chasest.

• n.

  •
  • ascetic,
  • observant,
  • orthodox.
  •
  • eternal,
  • almighty,
  • infinite,
  • omnipotent,
  • true,
  • good,
  • sanctify.
  •
  • respect.
  •beatified (noun)
  • beatified.
  •hallowed (noun)
  • hallowed.
  •holy (noun)
  • sanctum,
  • holy place.
  •reverend (noun)
  • venerables.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pietistical,
  • believer,
  • sanctity,
  • practicing,
  • Churchy,
  • devoutly,
  • fanatical,
  • holiness,
  • pietistic,
  • god-fearing,
  • puritanical.
  •
  • ghostly,
  • devotee,
  • pagan,
  • religiously,
  • sacrosanct,
  • gracious,
  • righteous.
  •sacred
  • taboo.
  •sinless
  • blameless,
  • unstained,
  • wicked,
  • guileless.

Paraphrases for Holy:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    sacred.
  • Proper noun, singular
    sacred.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    saintly, heavenly, inviolable, helluva, revered, religious, holyl, ramadan, spiritual, goddamned, motherfucking.
  • Proper noun, singular
    bollocks, councils, TS, GS, holyl.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    motherfucking.
  • Interjection
    bollocks.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sacrosanct, hallowed, solemn.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Saints.

Antonyms for Holy:

• adj.

  • all
    unholy.
  • angelic
    demonic, unkind, Fiendish, devilish.
  • blessed
    condemned, damned, disapproved, cursed.
  • celestial
    earthly, infernal, mortal, hellish.
  • devout
    unbelieving, insincere.
  • holy
    evil, wicked, irreverent, irreligious, unsacred, vile, sacrilegious, immoral, sinful, depraved.
  • Other antonyms:
    common, godless, abominable, mundane, deconsecrated, iniquitous, worldly, human, impure, natural, temporal, faithless, profanatory, unrighteous, miscreant, ungodly, polluted, backsliding, black, unfaithful, unspiritual, sinning.

Holy Sentence Examples:

• By all that's holy, rain.

• The hills look very holy, don't they?

Homophones for Holy:

• wholly.

Hyponym for Holy:

• n.

  • location
    place, spot, topographic point.