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God-fearing

adjective

Definition of God-fearingnext
as in devout

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for God-fearing
  1. devout
  2. godly
  3. prayerful
  4. religious
  5. saintly
  6. worshipful
  7. sainted
  8. pious
Adjective
  • The early Robin Hood was no polished folk hero, Jones says, but a violent, devout yeoman pushed to society’s edge by corrupt officials.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Johnny Cash was a lot of things — devout Christian, country superstar, anti-Vietnam activist, variety show host.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of devout
Adjective
  • Expanding the history of the West is in fact godly work at a moment when Black and Native studies are being threatened, in both elementary schools and the highest halls of higher ed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • But the instances of godly intervention that run rampant in Homer’s poem are deliberately vague in Nolan’s telling, if not excised entirely.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of godly
Adjective
  • Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo performed a prayerful ceremony traditional before a hunt.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Definition of prayerful
Adjective
  • Though religious thinkers will fight fiercely to show one of the stories to be the one that religion really sanctions, each Abrahamic religion has signposts pointing both ways.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Today it is shown with regularity in religious schools, and has a fervent following among theater kids.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of religious
Adjective
  • This saintly billionaire is too good to exist — and soon doesn’t.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Prudhomme smiles with saintly patience as a gentleman takes an age to take a selfie.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of saintly
Adjective
  • After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The secret in the biscuits is the pairing of cheddar with bacon, with the overall result being worshipful thanks from those who are lucky enough to partake.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Definition of worshipful
Adjective
  • The sainted Tom Brady had a busload of go-to receivers over the years.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Definition of sainted
Adjective
  • Preachers and patricians constantly warned that, if allowed to live unchecked in the city, Jews would ‘infect’ the Christian faithful, poisoning the minds of the pious and stealing souls away from salvation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Romania is one of the most pious countries in the European Union, with around 85% of the population identifying as religious.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pious
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“God-fearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God-fearing. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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