religious
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- religious derivation
Sense 2 adjective
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
religious texts
Related & opposite
- devoutness derivation
- religiosity derivation
- organized religion derivation
- sacred similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
a religious man
Related & opposite
- pious also see
- irreligious antonym
- devoutness derivation
- faith derivation
- churchgoing similar to
- churchly similar to
- devout similar to
- interfaith similar to
Sense 4 adjective
of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
the religious or regular clergy conducts the service
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Sense 5 adjective
extremely scrupulous and conscientious
religious in observing the rules of health
Related & opposite
- religiousness derivation
- scrupulous similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | religious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mendicant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Benedictine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jesuit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nun |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eremite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cenobite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superior |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | votary |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Merton |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devoutness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | religiosity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | organized religion |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sacred |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | pious |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | irreligious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | devoutness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | faith |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | churchgoing |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | churchly |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | devout |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | interfaith |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | secular |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | religious |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | religiousness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | scrupulous |