holy man

1. 1.

   person of exceptional holiness

   Synonymssaintholy personangel

   Broadergood person

   NarrowerBuddhafakir

Questions about holy man

What does holy man mean?

holy man means "person of exceptional holiness".

What is another word for holy man?

Close synonyms include saint, holy person, angel. 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.

Is holy man a common word?

holy man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.