Synonyms and Antonyms of piousness
1
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have - an outward piousness that was just a ploy to get him the support of religious-minded voters
deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, double-dealing, falsity, perfidy, two-facedness
affectation, affectedness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, self-righteousness, self-satisfaction
duplicity, fakery, falseness, fraudulentness, shamming
artificiality, glibness, oiliness, smoothness, unctuousness
candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, probity, straightforwardness, truthfulness
artlessness, guilelessness, naturalness, unaffectedness
2
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous - the quiet piousness of the cleric's life
asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality
priestliness
goodness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
consecration, sacredness
blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness
depravedness, depravity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness
hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony
