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English adjective: spiritual

1. spiritual concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church


SamplesReligious texts.
A member of a religious order.
Lords temporal and spiritual.
Spiritual leaders.
Spiritual songs.


Synonymsreligious


Similarsacred


Antonymsprofane, secular

2. spiritual concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul


SamplesA spiritual approach to life.
Spiritual fulfillment.
Spiritual values.
Unearthly love.


Synonymsunearthly


Similarunworldly


Antonymsworldly, secular, temporal

3. spiritual lacking material body or form or substance


SamplesSpiritual beings.
The vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm.


Similarimmaterial, incorporeal


Antonymscorporeal, material

4. spiritual resembling or characteristic of a phantom


SamplesA ghostly face at the window.
A phantasmal presence in the room.
Spectral emanations.
Spiritual tappings at a seance.


Synonymsapparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral


Similarsupernatural


Antonymsnatural


English noun: spiritual

1. spiritual (communication) a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States


SynonymsNegro spiritual


Broader (hypernym)religious song









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