Christian

/ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/

Synonyms for "christian" (201 found)

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Closest matches (41)

accepted accepter adoring affectionate approved authentic authoritative becoming befitting believer believing benign benignant blameless brahman brotherly burgher canonical catechumen christianlike

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christianly christlike christly churchgoer churchite churchman civilized clean communicant compassionate conventional convert correct creditable

Noun(5 words)

adherent affiliation believer christlikechurch member

Verb(1 words)

baptized

Adjective(1 words)

charitable

Strong matches (60)

cultish cultist cultistic customarydaily communicantdecent decorous devoted devotee devotionalist devout disciple done dutiful erect estimable ethical evangelicalexemplary citizenfair

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faithful fanatic firm follower fraternalfull of integritygod-fearing mangoodgood christiangood citizengood neighborgracioushigh principledhigh-minded high-principledhighly respectablehonest honorable human humane immaculate inviolate irreproachable just kind kindhearted kindly kindly-disposedlaw abidinglaw-abiding

Noun(8 words)

disciple ecclesiastical episcopalian follower forename gospel identity kristen

Adjective(2 words)

helpful kind

Related words (100)

law-loving law-revering literal loving manly moral nazarene nazarite neophyte nice nobleof the faithorthodox orthodoxical pietist pietisticpillar of societypious prayerful principled

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Noun(8 words)

lutheran methodists philippian pious religious theological thessalonian virtuous

Adjective(3 words)

neighborly neighbourly sweet

Choosing the right synonym

Closest matches in this entry: accepted, accepter, adherent, adoring, affectionate.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

ethicsgiven namemoral philosophyreligiousreligious identityreligious persontheological

More specific

11 entries

Anglican CatholicCatholic identityOrthodoxOrthodox identityProtestantProtestant identitycharity compassion forgiveness humility

Collocations

8 entries

Christian churchChristian denominationChristian doctrineChristian ethicsChristian faithChristian identityChristian theologyChristian worship

Inflections

3 entries

Christiansmore Christianmost Christian

Derivations

5 entries

Christianity Christianization Christianize Christianlike Christianly

Antonyms

1 entries

unchristian

similar

3 entries

christianly christlike christly

Translations

165 translations across 83 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

krishterë adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristiján name (male given name)
Kristián name (male given name)
Kristján name (male given name)

Arabic

2 entries

مَسِيحِيّ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
نَصْرَانِيّ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Aragonese

1 entries

cristiano adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Armenian

1 entries

քրիստոնեական adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Aromanian

3 entries

crishtin adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
crãshtin adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Cristi name (male given name)

Asturian

1 entries

cristianu adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

xristian adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Belarusian

1 entries

хрысція́нскі adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Bengali

1 entries

খ্রীষ্টান adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Bulgarian

4 entries

христия́нски adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Кристиа́н name (male given name)
Хри́сто name (male given name)
Християна name (female given name)

Burmese

1 entries

ခရစ်ယာန် adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Catalan

1 entries

cristià adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

基督教 adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
克里斯蒂安 name (male given name)

Czech

2 entries

křesťanský adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristián name (male given name)

Danish

2 entries

kristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Christian name (male given name)

Dutch

3 entries

christelijk adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Christiaan name (male given name)
Christina name (female given name)

Esperanto

2 entries

kristana adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristanisma adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Estonian

2 entries

kristlik adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristjan name (male given name)

Extremaduran

1 entries

cristianu adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Fala

1 entries

cristianu adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Finnish

3 entries

kristillinen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristian name (male given name)
Risto name (male given name)

French

2 entries

chrétien adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Christian name (male given name)

Friulian

1 entries

cristian adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Galician

1 entries

cristián adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Georgian

1 entries

ქრისტიანული adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

German

2 entries

christlich adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Christian name (male given name)

Greek

4 entries

χριστιανικός adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Κρίστιαν name (male given name)
Χριστιανή name (female given name)
Χριστιανός name (male given name)

Greenlandic

1 entries

Kajistiaat name (male given name)

Hebrew

3 entries

נוֹצְרִי adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
נוֹצְרִית adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
כְּרִיסְטִיַאן name (male given name)

Hindi

4 entries

ईसाई adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
क्रिश्चियन adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
मसीही adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
क्रिश्चियन name (male given name)

Hungarian

3 entries

keresztény adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Keresztély name (male given name)
Krisztián name (male given name)

Icelandic

4 entries

kristin adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristinn adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristið adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristján name (male given name)

Indonesian

2 entries

Kristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Nasrani adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Irish

2 entries

Críostaí adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Críostúil adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Italian

2 entries

cristiano adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Cristiano name (male given name)

Japanese

1 entries

キリスト教の adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Kazakh

2 entries

христиан adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
христиандық adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Khmer

1 entries

គ្រិស្ទាន adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Korean

2 entries

그리스도교의 adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
크리스트교의 adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

христиан adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
христиандык adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Ladino

1 entries

kristiano adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Lao

1 entries

ຄິດຕະສາສນິກກະຊົນ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Latin

4 entries

Chrīstiānus adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
chrīstiānus adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Chrīstiāna name (female given name)
Chrīstiānus name (male given name)

Latvian

3 entries

kristīgs adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristiāns name (male given name)
Krišjānis name (male given name)

Leonese

1 entries

cristianu adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Lithuanian

1 entries

krikščioniškas adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Low German

1 entries

Krischan name (male given name)

Macedonian

3 entries

христијански adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Кри́стијан name (male given name)
Хри́стијан name (male given name)

Malayalam

1 entries

ക്രൈസ്തവ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Mirandese

1 entries

crestiano adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

Mesîhî adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Xiristiyan adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Îsawî adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

kristelig adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristian name (male given name)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

kristeleg adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Kristian name (male given name)

Old English

1 entries

cristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

Кристиян name (male given name)

Pashto

3 entries

عيسوي adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
مسيحي adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
نصراني adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Persian

3 entries

عیسَوِی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
مَسیحی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
نَصْرانی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Polish

3 entries

chrześcijański adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Krystian name (male given name)
Krystiana name (female given name)

Portuguese

2 entries

cristão adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Cristiano name (male given name)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਇਸਾਈ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Romanian

4 entries

creștin adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Cristi name (male given name)
Cristian name (male given name)
Cristiana name (female given name)

Russian

3 entries

христиа́нский adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Кристиа́н name (male given name)
Христиа́н name (male given name)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

Crìosdail adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Crìsdean name (male given name)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hrišćanski adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kršćanski adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
кршћански adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
хришћански adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Sicilian

1 entries

cristianu adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Slovak

1 entries

kresťanský adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Slovene

1 entries

krščanski adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Spanish

2 entries

cristiano adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Cristián name (male given name)

Swahili

1 entries

Kikristo adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Swedish

4 entries

kristen adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kristlig adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
Christian name (male given name)
Kristian name (male given name)

Tajik

3 entries

исавӣ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
масеҳӣ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
насронӣ adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Tetum

1 entries

sarani adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Thai

1 entries

คริสเตียน adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Turkish

1 entries

Hristiyan adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Turkmen

2 entries

hristian adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
mesihi adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Ukrainian

1 entries

христия́нський adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Urdu

3 entries

عِیسائی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
مَسِیحی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
نَصْرانِی adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Uyghur

1 entries

خرىستىئان adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Uzbek

3 entries

nasroniy adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
xristian adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
xristianlik adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Volapük

2 entries

kritanik adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
kritik adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Welsh

1 entries

Cristnogol adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Yiddish

1 entries

קריסטלעך adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Zazaki

2 entries

Xristiyan adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
İsewi adj (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Sample sentences

51 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The settlers embraced the Christian religion.

Source: tatoeba (22047)

The devout Christian persists in his belief.

Source: tatoeba (46137)

The criminal became a Christian and turned over a new leaf.

Source: tatoeba (47802)

In the Christian faith, followers believe that there is only one God, and Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Source: tatoeba (63093)

Showing 4 of 51 available sentences.

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What are the closest synonyms for "christian"?

Closest matches include accepted, accepter, adherent, adoring, affectionate.

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