holy

Other forms of holy

plural

holies·

comparative or superlative

holier

comparative or superlative

holiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about holy

What does holy mean?

holy means "a sacred place of pilgrimage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in holy?

holy has 2 syllables: ho-ly. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊli/.

What is another word for holy?

Close synonyms include holy place, sanctum. 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 holy?

The recorded antonyms are unholy.

Is holy a common word?

holy is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with holy?

2 words rhyme with holy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.