What are some opposite words for religious?
Antonyms for religious
rɪˈlɪdʒ əsre·li·gious
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term religious.
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religious
Antonyms:
impious, ungodly, undevout, sacrilegious, blasphemous, sceptical, profaneSynonyms:
pious, godly, devout, devotional, divine, holy, sacred
Princeton's WordNet
religiousadjective
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Antonyms:
unbelieving, nonchurchgoing, heathen, lapsed, nonobservant, atheistic, profane, ethnic, heathenish, atheistical, secular, pagan, irreligious, unscrupulousreligious, spiritualadjective
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"
Antonyms:
irreligious, secular, nonobservant, nonchurchgoing, unbelieving, heathenish, atheistic, pagan, ethnic, atheistical, profane, heathen, lapsed, unscrupulousSynonyms:
ghostly, spiritual, spectral, apparitional, unearthly, phantasmal, ghostlikereligiousadjective
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
"a religious man"; "religious attitude"
Antonyms:
secular, atheistic, unscrupulous, nonchurchgoing, unbelieving, nonobservant, pagan, irreligious, profane, heathenish, ethnic, atheistical, heathen, lapsedSynonyms:
spiritualreligiousadjective
of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
"the religious or regular clergy conducts the service"
Antonyms:
secular, nonobservant, heathen, lapsed, atheistical, heathenish, unbelieving, atheistic, pagan, profane, ethnic, unscrupulous, nonchurchgoing, irreligiousSynonyms:
spiritualreligiousadjective
extremely scrupulous and conscientious
"religious in observing the rules of health"
Antonyms:
atheistical, unscrupulous, secular, unbelieving, pagan, heathen, profane, ethnic, atheistic, lapsed, nonobservant, heathenish, irreligious, nonchurchgoingSynonyms:
spiritual
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
religiousadjective
Synonyms:
pious, godly, devout, righteous, devotional, strict, exact, scrupulous, conscientious
How to use religious in a sentence?
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
People were forbidden from giving or receiving religious items at a military hospital where our brave service members were being treated, and when they wanted those religious items, these were great, great people. These are great soldiers. They wanted those items. They were precluded from getting them.
He was a free thinker. He was a Hindu but he was not only a strong voice against Islamic fanatics but also equally against other religious fanatics, we are saddened. We don't know what the government will do to find the killers. We want justice.
The public should be concerned about whether a nominee can set those aside in favor of following the law, but that's not a challenge just for religious people. That's a challenge for everyone.
Whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, whether you're religious or not religious, we can all come together under the issue of life.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2235 | religious | |
#4285 | ethnic | |
#11941 | pagan | |
#12654 | secular | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33116 | heathen | |
#40826 | unscrupulous | |
#41863 | lapsed | |
#42312 | sceptical | |
#52664 | ungodly | |
#63931 | blasphemous | |
#76895 | atheistic | |
#91005 | unbelieving | |
#92325 | impious | |
#127982 | sacrilegious | |
#155261 | irreligious |
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