Synonyms of holiness

holiness

noun

ˈhō-lē-nəs 

as in spirituality

the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous

known throughout the world for his holiness, the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spirituality
• sanctity
• morality
• godliness
• devotion
• prayerfulness
• saintliness
• devoutness
• blessedness
• sainthood
• piety
• virtue
• goodness
• religiousness
• piousness
• saintship
• asceticism
• righteousness
• consecration
• sacredness
• rectitude
• uprightness
• virtuousness
• priestliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impiety
• unholiness
• godlessness
• ungodliness
• irreverence
• wickedness
• sinfulness
• depravity
• vileness
• hypocrisy
• evilness
• heinousness
• monstrosity
• sacrilegiousness
• sanctimony
• blasphemousness
• sanctimoniousness
• depravedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of holiness

Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026

For millions of people, for more than 2,000 years, the advent has represented an opportunity to reflect, to anticipate—to make holiness out of the spiritual equivalent of standing in line, to sit in stillness during the year’s darkest time and know the light is coming. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2025

Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025

This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness. — Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025