Synonyms of pious

pious

adjective

ˈpī-əs 

1

as in steadfast

firm in one's allegiance to someone or something

a pious supporter of his school's athletic teams, during winning and losing seasons alike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steadfast
• loyal
• devout
• staunch
• faithful
• true
• good
• devoted
• dedicated
• ardent
• constant
• steady
• fervent
• fast
• down-the-line
• dutiful
• true-blue
• passionate
• reliable
• trustworthy
• dependable
• responsible
• enthusiastic
• resolute
• solid
• unhesitating
• trusty
• serious
• tried
• inveterate
• unfaltering
• fervid
• impassioned
• determined
• tried-and-true
• intent
• unwavering
• confirmed
• avid
• sworn
• dyed-in-the-wool
• gung ho

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• false
• faithless
• perfidious
• untrue
• unfaithful
• disloyal
• traitorous
• treacherous
• irresponsible
• inconstant
• fickle
• unreliable
• untrustworthy
• undependable
• recreant
• hesitant
• dubious
• uncertain
• faltering
• shaky
• irresolute
• dispassionate
• apathetic
• uninterested
• wavering
• vacillating

2

as in devout

showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue

a pious woman who decided to become a nun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devout
• religious
• reverent
• holy
• spiritual
• saintly
• sainted
• godly
• venerable
• ascetic
• worshipful
• prayerful
• reverential
• blessed
• pietistic
• virtuous
• pure
• moral
• chaste
• angelic
• righteous
• religiose
• cherubic
• beatified
• canonized
• upright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impious
• irreligious
• faithless
• godless
• unholy
• ungodly
• secular
• antireligious
• irreverent
• sacrilegious
• worldly
• blasphemous
• profane
• unspiritual
• nonreligious
• unfaithful
• sinful
• evil
• immoral
• wicked
• iniquitous
• desecrating
• unrighteous
• profanatory
• backsliding
• miscreant
• sinning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pious

Philemon and Baucis, a pious Phrygian couple, hospitably received the disguised Zeus and Hermes after their richer neighbors had refused to do so. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

Others regard the unum as a pious myth. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

However, this distinction did more than pit pious Americans against an atheist enemy. — David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026

In Wake-Keeper (2026), a roughly four-by-five-foot canvas, a pious man draped in the red cloth of traditional Ghanaian funeral attire sits on a stool with his hands clasped, his body facing the left side of the frame. — Lovia Gyarkye, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026