Synonyms of sainted

sainted

adjective

ˈsān-təd 

as in devout

showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue

renowned as theologian as well as for his work as medical missionary in Africa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer was widely regarded as one of the most sainted individuals of his time

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sainted

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

That’s the water her mean father and her sainted mother crossed to get her here, to this country, to this place. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025