What is another word for saintly?
385 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈe͡ɪntli], [ sˈeɪntli], [ s_ˈeɪ_n_t_l_i]
Saintly is a word that conveys a sense of purity, goodness, holiness, and moral excellence. Synonyms for saintly include virtuous, holy, godly, pious, righteous, devout, angelic, sacred, exemplary, and beatific. These words describe the ideal characteristics of someone who is regarded as saintly. Virtuous suggests moral excellence and uprightness of character; holy, godly, and sacred imply devotion to religious principles; righteous, devout, and angelic suggest pure and blameless behavior; beatific suggests a state of bliss and happiness associated with the saints. These synonyms can be used interchangeably to convey different nuances and shades of meaning in describing a person who epitomizes the qualities of a saint.
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Similar words for saintly:
- heavenly (adjective)
- respectable (adjective)
- virtuous (adjective)
- angelic (adjective)
- angelical (adjective)
- godly (adjective)
- holy (adjective)
- moral (adjective)
- pious (adjective)
- religious (adjective)
- righteous (adjective)
- sacred (adjective)
- sincere (adjective)
- trustworthy/trusty (adjective)
- respectably (adverb)
Synonyms for Saintly:
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adj.
• heavenly • respectable- blameless ,
- creditable ,
- estimable ,
- fair ,
- forthright ,
- good ,
- honest ,
- honorable ,
- irreproachable ,
- noble ,
- principled ,
- pure ,
- respectable ,
- right-minded ,
- righteous ,
- true ,
- unimpeachable ,
- untarnished ,
- upstanding ,
- virtuous ,
- worthy .
- angel like ,
- more angel like ,
- more angel-like ,
- more angellike ,
- most angel like ,
- most angel-like ,
- most angellike .
- bornagain ,
- god fearing ,
- godfearing ,
- more born again ,
- more born-again ,
- more bornagain ,
- more saintlike ,
- most born again ,
- most bornagain ,
- most saintlike .
- de voted ,
- de-voted ,
- messianic ,
- more glorified ,
- more messianic ,
- more revered ,
- more sainted ,
- more uncorrupt ,
- more venerated ,
- most glorified ,
- most messianic ,
- most revered ,
- most sainted ,
- most uncorrupt ,
- most venerated ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- un corrupt ,
- un defiled ,
- un tainted ,
- un worldlier ,
- un worldliest ,
- un worldly ,
- un-corrupt ,
- un-defiled ,
- un-tainted ,
- un-worldlier ,
- un-worldliest ,
- un-worldly .
- de cent ,
- de-cent ,
- high minded ,
- highminded ,
- in corruptible ,
- in-corruptible ,
- meritorious ,
- more moralistic ,
- most moralistic ,
- salt earth ,
- salt the earth ,
- true-blue ,
- trueblue ,
- up standing ,
- up-standing .
- more churchgoing ,
- more deistic ,
- more doctrinal ,
- more scriptural ,
- more theistic ,
- most churchgoing ,
- most deistic ,
- most doctrinal ,
- most scriptural ,
- most theistic ,
- scriptural ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural .
- de serving ,
- de-serving ,
- law abiding ,
- lawabiding ,
- more law abiding ,
- more law-abiding ,
- more lawabiding ,
- most law abiding ,
- most law-abiding ,
- most lawabiding ,
- right minded ,
- rightminded .
- more cherished ,
- more enshrined ,
- more sacramental ,
- more unprofane ,
- most cherished ,
- most enshrined ,
- most sacramental ,
- most unprofane ,
- un profane ,
- un-profane .
- Undesigning ,
- deadlevel ,
- honest god ,
- like is ,
- more dead level ,
- more dead-level ,
- more deadlevel ,
- more meant ,
- more pretensionless ,
- more undesigning ,
- more undissembled ,
- more up front ,
- more up-front ,
- more upfront ,
- most dead level ,
- most dead-level ,
- most deadlevel ,
- most meant ,
- most pretensionless ,
- most undesigning ,
- most undissembled ,
- most up front ,
- most up-front ,
- most upfront ,
- nononsense ,
- on and up ,
- on level ,
- on up ,
- on up up ,
- out spoken ,
- out-spoken ,
- pre tensionless ,
- pre-tensionless ,
- re gular ,
- re-gular ,
- twenty four carat ,
- twentyfour carat ,
- un affected ,
- un designing ,
- un dissembled ,
- un feigned ,
- un-designing ,
- un-dissembled ,
- un-feigned ,
- un-pretentious .
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adv.
• respectably Other synonyms:
- holiness ,
- mormon ,
- numinous ,
- pietistic ,
- pietistical ,
- sacrosanct ,
- sanctity .
- devotional ,
- devout ,
- godly ,
- gracious ,
- prayerful .
- religious .
Other relevant words:
- Almightily ,
- Celestially ,
- Deiform ,
- Ethereally ,
- Extramundane ,
- Heaven-born ,
- Holies ,
- Martyred ,
- Paradisian ,
- Paradisic ,
- Saint-like ,
- Spiritual-minded ,
- Ultramundane ,
- adorable ,
- angelic ,
- archangelic ,
- beatific ,
- beatifically ,
- beatified ,
- beautifully ,
- blessedly ,
- blest ,
- blissful ,
- blissfully ,
- canonised ,
- canonized ,
- celestial ,
- chaste ,
- chastity ,
- cherubic ,
- cherubically ,
- christ-like ,
- churchgoing ,
- clean ,
- cleanliness ,
- cleanness ,
- clearness ,
- consecrated ,
- consecration ,
- dear ,
- dedicated ,
- deific ,
- delicious ,
- devoted ,
- devotion ,
- devoutly ,
- devoutness ,
- divine ,
- divinely ,
- dutiful ,
- elysian ,
- empyreal ,
- empyrean ,
- ethereal ,
- exemplary ,
- exquisitely ,
- extraterrestrial ,
- faith ,
- faithful ,
- fortunately ,
- fresh ,
- glorified ,
- god-fearing ,
- godlike ,
- godliness ,
- goodness ,
- hallowed ,
- happily ,
- heavenly ,
- heavenly-minded ,
- holier ,
- holy ,
- honor ,
- humble ,
- hypocritically ,
- immaculate ,
- immortal ,
- innocence ,
- innocent ,
- just ,
- magnificently ,
- matchless ,
- mellow ,
- merely ,
- musical ,
- other-worldly ,
- otherworldly ,
- paradisiac ,
- paradisial ,
- peerless ,
- perfection ,
- piety ,
- piously ,
- pureness ,
- purity ,
- redeemed ,
- religion ,
- religiously ,
- religiousness ,
- reverent ,
- reverential ,
- righteousness ,
- sacral ,
- sacred ,
- sacredly ,
- sacredness ,
- saint ,
- sainted ,
- saintlike ,
- saintliness ,
- sanctified ,
- sanctify ,
- sanctimonious ,
- sanctimoniously ,
- saved ,
- seraph ,
- seraphic ,
- sincere ,
- sinless ,
- sinlessness ,
- solemn ,
- solemnity ,
- spiritual ,
- spiritually ,
- spotless ,
- staunch ,
- straight ,
- sublime ,
- sublimely ,
- supernal ,
- sweet ,
- uncorrupted ,
- undefiled ,
- unearthly ,
- unsullied ,
- untainted ,
- unworldly ,
- upright ,
- utterly ,
- virtue ,
- wonderfully ,
- worshipful .
- Angel-like ,
- Angellike ,
- Dead level ,
- Uncorrupt ,
- Undissembled ,
- always there ,
- born again ,
- born-again ,
- dead-level ,
- deistic ,
- doctrinal ,
- law-abiding ,
- moral ,
- moralistic ,
- no fooling ,
- no nonsense ,
- on line ,
- on the line ,
- on up and up ,
- pretensionless ,
- rock solid ,
- sacramental ,
- salt of earth ,
- salt of the earth ,
- sure enough ,
- theistic ,
- there ,
- to be trusted ,
- trustable ,
- twenty-four carat ,
- unprofane ,
- up-front ,
- upfront .
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How to use "Saintly" in context?
The word "saintly" comes from Old French and means "of or pertaining to a saint." In the medieval period, many people considered saints to be models of virtuous living and thus deserving of admiration and respect. Today, the word "saintly" is often used to describe people who are kind, compassionate, and gentle.
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