holier-than-thou

Questions about holier-than-thou

What is another word for holier-than-thou?

It depends which holier-than-thou you mean. In the sense “excessively or hypocritically pious”, the synonyms are pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of holier-than-thou?

WordNet records no antonym for holier-than-thou. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for holier-than-thou come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of holier-than-thou

• Full entry for holier-than-thouAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for holier-than-thouWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.