Catholic

/ˈkæ.θ(ə.)lɪk/

Synonyms for "catholic" (81 found)

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all comprehensiveall embracingall inclusiveall pervadingall-comprehending all-comprehensive all-covering all-embracing all-encompassing all-filling all-including all-inclusive all-pervading allover broad broad-gauged

Noun(1 words)

broad minded

Strong matches (24)

broad-minded catholicon comprehensive cosmic cosmopolitan country-wide cure-all eclectic ecumenic ecumenical ecumenistic elixir extensive galactic general generic global heaven-wide

Noun(6 words)

catholic adherentcatholic believercatholic laypersonchurch authorityecclesiastical general

Related words (40)

Adjective(1 words)

heterogeneous

inclusive indeterminate international large-scale liberal national nondenominational noninsular nonsectarian nostrum planetary prevalent publicspacious of mindsweeping tolerant total unbigoted unfanatical unhidebound

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universal unparochial unprovincial wide wide-minded widespreadworld wideworld-wide worldwide

Noun(7 words)

inclusiveopen mindedpapalroman catholicromanistthe churchuniversal

Adjective(3 words)

papistical popish romish

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

Christianbroad termdoctrinalgeneral termopen stancereligiousreligious organizationreligious persontolerant trait

More specific

15 entries

Catholic canonCatholic doctrineCatholic laypersonCatholic liturgyCatholic nunCatholic priestcathedralcatholic inclusivitycatholic opennesscatholic pluralismdiocesegeneral approachpan disciplinary approachparishuniversal principle

Collocations

9 entries

Catholic ChurchCatholic UniversityCatholic doctrineCatholic educationCatholic faithCatholic liturgyCatholic social teachingCatholic traditioncatholic worldview

Inflections

3 entries

Catholicsmore Catholicmost Catholic

Derivations

3 entries

Catholicism Catholicity Catholicize

similar

1 entries

broad-minded

Translations

145 translations across 64 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

katolik noun (member of a Catholic church)
katolike noun (member of a Catholic church)

Arabic

4 entries

جَاثَلِيقِيّ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
كَاتُولِيكِيّ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
كَاثُولِيكِيّ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
كَتْلَكِيّ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Armenian

1 entries

կաթոլիկ noun (member of a Catholic church)

Aromanian

4 entries

catolic noun (member of a Catholic church)
catolicã noun (member of a Catholic church)
catulic noun (member of a Catholic church)
catulicã noun (member of a Catholic church)

Asturian

1 entries

católicu adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Belarusian

2 entries

каталі́к noun (member of a Catholic church)
като́лік noun (member of a Catholic church)

Bulgarian

1 entries

католик noun (member of a Catholic church)

Burmese

1 entries

ကက်သလစ် adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Catalan

2 entries

catòlic adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
catòlic noun (member of a Catholic church)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

天主教徒 noun (member of a Catholic church)

Czech

3 entries

katolický adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katolička noun (member of a Catholic church)
katolík noun (member of a Catholic church)

Danish

2 entries

katolsk adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katolik noun (member of a Catholic church)

Dutch

2 entries

katholiek adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katholiek noun (member of a Catholic church)

Emilian

2 entries

catòlgo adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
catòlgo noun (member of a Catholic church)

Esperanto

2 entries

katolika adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katoliko noun (member of a Catholic church)

Farefare

1 entries

katolika adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Faroese

2 entries

katólskur adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katolikkur noun (member of a Catholic church)

Finnish

3 entries

katolinen adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
roomalaiskatolinen adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katolilainen noun (member of a Catholic church)

French

2 entries

catholique adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
catholique noun (member of a Catholic church)

Galician

2 entries

católico adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
católico noun (member of a Catholic church)

German

3 entries

katholisch adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Katholik noun (member of a Catholic church)
Katholikin noun (member of a Catholic church)

Greek

4 entries

καθολική adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
καθολικός adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
καθολική noun (member of a Catholic church)
καθολικός noun (member of a Catholic church)

Hebrew

1 entries

קתולי adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Hindi

2 entries

कैथोलिक adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
कैथोलिक noun (member of a Catholic church)

Hungarian

2 entries

katolikus adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katolikus noun (member of a Catholic church)

Hunsrik

1 entries

katolisch adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Icelandic

2 entries

kaþólskur adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
kaþólikki noun (member of a Catholic church)

Ido

2 entries

katolika adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katoliko noun (member of a Catholic church)

Indonesian

2 entries

Katolik adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Katolik noun (member of a Catholic church)

Irish

2 entries

Caitliceach adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Caitliceach noun (member of a Catholic church)

Italian

2 entries

cattolico adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
cattolico noun (member of a Catholic church)

Japanese

3 entries

カソリック adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
カトリック adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
公教の adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Kazakh

1 entries

католик noun (member of a Catholic church)

Khmer

2 entries

កាតូលិក adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
កាតូលិក noun (member of a Catholic church)

Latvian

3 entries

katolisks adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katoliete noun (member of a Catholic church)
katolis noun (member of a Catholic church)

Lithuanian

4 entries

katalikiška adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katalikiškas adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katalikas noun (member of a Catholic church)
katalikė noun (member of a Catholic church)

Low German

1 entries

kathoolsch adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Luganda

1 entries

omukatoliki adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Macedonian

2 entries

католички adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
католик noun (member of a Catholic church)

Malay

1 entries

Katolik adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Manx

1 entries

Catoleagh adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Māori

2 entries

Katorika noun (member of a Catholic church)
Pikopō noun (member of a Catholic church)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

katolikk noun (member of a Catholic church)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

katolikk noun (member of a Catholic church)

Old Ruthenian

4 entries

като́ликъ noun (member of a Catholic church)
католи́чъка noun (member of a Catholic church)
кафо́ликъ noun (member of a Catholic church)
каѳо́ликъ noun (member of a Catholic church)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

католїк noun (member of a Catholic church)
католїкиня noun (member of a Catholic church)

Persian

1 entries

کاتولیک adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Polish

3 entries

katolicki adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
katoliczka noun (member of a Catholic church)
katolik noun (member of a Catholic church)

Portuguese

2 entries

católico adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
católico noun (member of a Catholic church)

Romanian

3 entries

catolic adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
catolic noun (member of a Catholic church)
catolică noun (member of a Catholic church)

Russian

3 entries

католи́ческий adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
като́лик noun (member of a Catholic church)
католи́чка noun (member of a Catholic church)

Samogitian

2 entries

katalėks noun (member of a Catholic church)
katalėkė noun (member of a Catholic church)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

Caitligeach adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Catlaigeach adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

katolička adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
kȁtoličkī adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
ка̏толичкӣ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
католичка adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Slovak

1 entries

katolícky adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Sogdian

1 entries

ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)

Spanish

3 entries

católico adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
católica noun (member of a Catholic church)
católico noun (member of a Catholic church)

Swahili

2 entries

katoliki adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Mkatoliki noun (member of a Catholic church)

Swedish

1 entries

katolik noun (member of a Catholic church)

Thai

1 entries

คาทอลิก noun (member of a Catholic church)

Ukrainian

3 entries

католи́цький adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
като́лик noun (member of a Catholic church)
католи́чка noun (member of a Catholic church)

Urdu

4 entries

کاتھولک adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
کیتھولک adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
کاتھولک noun (member of a Catholic church)
کیتھولک noun (member of a Catholic church)

Vietnamese

1 entries

người Công giáo noun (member of a Catholic church)

Welsh

2 entries

Catholig adj (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church)
Catholig noun (member of a Catholic church)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader.

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Mass is a Catholic ceremony of remembering Jesus Christ by eating and drinking.

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Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who lived and worked in Calcutta, India.

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The Catholic Church is opposed to divorce.

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