What does religious mean?

religious means "concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in religious?

religious has 3 syllables: re-lig-ious. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlɪdʒəs/.

What is another word for religious?

Close synonyms include spiritual. 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 religious?

The recorded antonyms are irreligious, secular.

Is religious a common word?

religious is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

religious — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

adjective

4 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
“religious texts”
“a member of a religious order”
“lords temporal and spiritual”
“spiritual leaders”
“spiritual songs”
Synonymsspiritual
Similarsacred
2.
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
“a religious man”
“religious attitude”
Antonymsirreligious
Similarchurchgoing churchly devout interfaith
3.
of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
“the religious or regular clergy conducts the service”
Antonymssecular
4.
extremely scrupulous and conscientious
“religious in observing the rules of health”
Similarscrupulous

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Broaderreligious person
Narrowerfriar monk Benedictine Jesuit nun eremite cenobite superior votary Merton

Other forms of religious

plural: religiouses·

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 religious

What does religious mean?: religious means "concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in religious?: religious has 3 syllables: re-lig-ious. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlɪdʒəs/.
What is another word for religious?: Close synonyms include spiritual. 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 religious?: The recorded antonyms are irreligious, secular.
Is religious a common word?: religious is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for religious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

4 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
“religious texts”
“a member of a religious order”
“lords temporal and spiritual”
“spiritual leaders”
“spiritual songs”
Synonymsspiritual
Similarsacred
2.
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
“a religious man”
“religious attitude”
Antonymsirreligious
Similarchurchgoing churchly devout interfaith
3.
of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
“the religious or regular clergy conducts the service”
Antonymssecular
4.
extremely scrupulous and conscientious
“religious in observing the rules of health”
Similarscrupulous

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Broaderreligious person
Narrowerfriar monk Benedictine Jesuit nun eremite cenobite superior votary Merton

Other forms of religious

plural: religiouses·

Questions about religious

What does religious mean?: religious means "concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in religious?: religious has 3 syllables: re-lig-ious. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlɪdʒəs/.
What is another word for religious?: Close synonyms include spiritual. 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 religious?: The recorded antonyms are irreligious, secular.
Is religious a common word?: religious is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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