Synonyms and Antonyms of religious
1
of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion
- Johann Sebastian Bach wrote some of the most beautiful religious music in the world
2
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
- a deeply religious woman who eventually decided to quit her job and to become a nun
ascetic (also ascetical), prayerful, reverent, reverential, spiritual, worshipful
pietistic, religiose
beatified, blessed (also blest), canonized, venerable
angelic (or angelical), cherubic
chaste, moral, pure, righteous, upright, virtuous
blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious
nonreligious, secular, unspiritual, worldly
backsliding, unfaithful
black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, sinful, sinning, unrighteous, wicked
3
having or expressing great depth of feeling
- a woman known for embracing various causes with a religious enthusiasm
ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary
histrionic, melodramatic
enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous
enamored, infatuated, obsessed
uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained
frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
