English adjective: religious | |||
1. | religious concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | ||
Samples | Religious texts. A member of a religious order. Lords temporal and spiritual. Spiritual leaders. Spiritual songs. | ||
Synonyms | spiritual | ||
Similar | sacred | ||
Antonyms | profane, secular | ||
2. | religious having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity | ||
Samples | A religious man. Religious attitude. | ||
Similar | churchgoing, churchly, devout, god-fearing, interfaith | ||
See also | pious | ||
Antonyms | irreligious | ||
3. | religious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows | ||
Samples | The religious or regular clergy conducts the service. | ||
Antonyms | secular | ||
4. | religious extremely scrupulous and conscientious | ||
Samples | Religious in observing the rules of health. | ||
Similar | scrupulous | ||
Antonyms | unscrupulous | ||
English noun: religious | |||
1. | religious (person) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious person | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Benedictine, cenobite, coenobite, eremite, friar, Jesuit, mendicant, monastic, monk, nun, superior, votary | ||
Instance hyponym | Merton, Thomas Merton | ||