holiness

Questions about holiness

What does holiness mean?

holiness means "the quality of being holy".

How many syllables are in holiness?

holiness has 3 syllables: ho-li-ness. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊlinəs/.

What is another word for holiness?

Close synonyms include sanctity, sanctitude. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of holiness?

The recorded antonyms are unholiness.

Is holiness a common word?

holiness is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.