Christianity and Islam are two different religions.
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Islam
/ˈɪs.lɑːm/
Synonyms for "islam" (15 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
islamic civilizationislamic cultureislamic faith
Strong matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (7)
Noun(7 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: islamic civilization, islamic culture, islamic faith, islamic world, islamism.
- Sentence evidence is available for islam, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, wordnet, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "islam".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "islam"
Keep "islam" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "islam" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "islam", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "islam" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
4 entriesArab worldMuslim-majority regionsShia IslamSunni Islam
Collocations
6 entriesIslamic artIslamic calendarIslamic financeIslamic jurisprudenceIslamic lawIslamic studies
Derivations
4 entriesTranslations
179 translations across 129 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Albanian
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Amharic
2 entries- ኢስላም name (Abrahamic religion)
- እስልምና name (Abrahamic religion)
Arabic
2 entries- إسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
- الْإِسْلَام name (Abrahamic religion)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ name (Abrahamic religion)
Armenian
1 entries- իսլամ name (Abrahamic religion)
Assamese
2 entries- ইছলাম name (Abrahamic religion)
- ইছলাম ধৰ্ম name (Abrahamic religion)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܐܸܣܠܵܡ name (Abrahamic religion)
- ܐܸܫܠܵܡ name (Abrahamic religion)
Asturian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- İslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Bashkir
1 entries- ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Basque
2 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- islamismo name (Abrahamic religion)
Belarusian
4 entries- магамета́нства name (Abrahamic religion)
- мусульма́нства name (Abrahamic religion)
- ісла́м name (Abrahamic religion)
- ісля́м name (Abrahamic religion)
Bengali
1 entries- ইসলাম name (Abrahamic religion)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- islã name (Abrahamic religion)
Breton
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Bulgarian
2 entries- исля́м name (Abrahamic religion)
- мохамеда́нство name (Abrahamic religion)
Burmese
2 entries- အစ္စလမ် name (Abrahamic religion)
- အစ္စလာမ်ဘာသာ name (Abrahamic religion)
Catalan
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- islamisme name (Abrahamic religion)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئیسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Chechen
2 entries- бусалба дин name (Abrahamic religion)
- ислам class d name (Abrahamic religion)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎢᏏᎳᎻ name (Abrahamic religion)
Chichewa
2 entries- Chinasala name (Abrahamic religion)
- Chisilamu name (Abrahamic religion)
Chinese
4 entries- йисламу name (Abrahamic religion)
- хуэйхуэй җё name (Abrahamic religion)
- 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 回教 name (Abrahamic religion)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 回教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 清真教 name (Abrahamic religion)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 回教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 清真教 name (Abrahamic religion)
Corsican
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- İslâm name (Abrahamic religion)
Czech
1 entries- islám name (Abrahamic religion)
Danish
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Dari
1 entries- اِسْلَام name (Abrahamic religion)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އިސްލާމް name (Abrahamic religion)
Dutch
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Esperanto
1 entries- islamo name (Abrahamic religion)
Estonian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
European Portuguese
1 entries- islão name (Abrahamic religion)
Finnish
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
French
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Friulian
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Gagauz
1 entries- İslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Galician
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- islamismo name (Abrahamic religion)
Georgian
1 entries- ისლამი name (Abrahamic religion)
German
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Greek
1 entries- Ισλάμ name (Abrahamic religion)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઇસ્લામ name (Abrahamic religion)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 回教 name (Abrahamic religion)
Hausa
3 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- Muslinci name (Abrahamic religion)
- Musulunci name (Abrahamic religion)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִסְלָאם name (Abrahamic religion)
Hindi
2 entries- इसलाम name (Abrahamic religion)
- इस्लाम name (Abrahamic religion)
Hungarian
1 entries- iszlám name (Abrahamic religion)
Icelandic
1 entries- íslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Igbo
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Indonesian
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اِسْلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Irish
2 entries- Mahamadachas name (Abrahamic religion)
- an tIoslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Italian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Japanese
2 entries- イスラム教 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 回教 name (Abrahamic religion)
Kannada
1 entries- ಇಸ್ಲಾಂ name (Abrahamic religion)
Kazakh
1 entries- Ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Khmer
2 entries- សាសនាអិស្លាម name (Abrahamic religion)
- អិស្លាម name (Abrahamic religion)
Kikuyu
1 entries- uithiramu name (Abrahamic religion)
Korean
2 entries- 이슬람교 name (Abrahamic religion)
- 회교 name (Abrahamic religion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Lao
2 entries- ສາສະຫນາອິດສະລາມ name (Abrahamic religion)
- ອິດສະລາມ name (Abrahamic religion)
Latin
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- religio islamica name (Abrahamic religion)
Latvian
1 entries- islams name (Abrahamic religion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- islamas name (Abrahamic religion)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Luganda
1 entries- obusiraamu name (Abrahamic religion)
Macedonian
1 entries- ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Maithili
1 entries- इसलाम name (Abrahamic religion)
Malay
2 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- agama Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഇസ്ലാം name (Abrahamic religion)
Maltese
1 entries- Iżlam name (Abrahamic religion)
Manx
1 entries- yn Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Marathi
1 entries- इस्लाम name (Abrahamic religion)
Marwari
1 entries- इस्लांम name (Abrahamic religion)
Mongolian
1 entries- ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Māori
2 entries- Ihirama name (Abrahamic religion)
- Mōhāmetatanga name (Abrahamic religion)
Nepali
1 entries- इस्लाम name (Abrahamic religion)
Newar
1 entries- इस्लाम name (Abrahamic religion)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Îslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- muhammedanisme name (Abrahamic religion)
Odia
1 entries- ଇସଲାମ ଧର୍ମ name (Abrahamic religion)
Ossetian
1 entries- пысылмон дин name (Abrahamic religion)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Pashto
1 entries- اسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Polish
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Punjabi
2 entries- اسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
- ਇਸਲਾਮ name (Abrahamic religion)
Romani
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- islamsko religija name (Abrahamic religion)
Romanian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Russian
3 entries- исла́м name (Abrahamic religion)
- магомета́нство name (Abrahamic religion)
- мусульма́нство name (Abrahamic religion)
Samoan
1 entries- isalama name (Abrahamic religion)
Sanskrit
1 entries- इस्लामधर्म name (Abrahamic religion)
Sardinian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Scots
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Ioslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ìslām name (Abrahamic religion)
- ѝсла̄м name (Abrahamic religion)
Sindhi
1 entries- اسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඉස්ලාම් name (Abrahamic religion)
Slovak
1 entries- islám name (Abrahamic religion)
Slovene
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Somali
1 entries- Islaam name (Abrahamic religion)
Spanish
2 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- islamismo name (Abrahamic religion)
Swahili
1 entries- Uislamu name (Abrahamic religion)
Swedish
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠁꠍꠟꠣꠝ name (Abrahamic religion)
- ꠁꠍꠟꠣꠝ ꠗꠞ꠆ꠝꠧ name (Abrahamic religion)
Tagalog
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Tajik
1 entries- Ислом name (Abrahamic religion)
Tamil
1 entries- இசுலாம் name (Abrahamic religion)
Tatar
2 entries- Ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
- ислам name (Abrahamic religion)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇస్లాం మతం name (Abrahamic religion)
Thai
2 entries- ศาสนาอิสลาม name (Abrahamic religion)
- อิสลาม name (Abrahamic religion)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཁ་ཆེ name (Abrahamic religion)
- དབྱི་སི་ལམ་ཆོས་ལུགས། name (Abrahamic religion)
Turkish
1 entries- İslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Turkmen
1 entries- Yslam name (Abrahamic religion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- магомета́нство name (Abrahamic religion)
- мусульма́нство name (Abrahamic religion)
- ісла́м name (Abrahamic religion)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Urdu
1 entries- اِسْلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىسلام name (Abrahamic religion)
Uzbek
2 entries- Islom name (Abrahamic religion)
- islom name (Abrahamic religion)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Hồi giáo name (Abrahamic religion)
- Islam giáo name (Abrahamic religion)
Volapük
1 entries- slam name (Abrahamic religion)
Welsh
1 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Wolof
1 entries- Lislaam name (Abrahamic religion)
Yiddish
1 entries- איסלאַם name (Abrahamic religion)
Yoruba
2 entries- Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
- ẹsin Islam name (Abrahamic religion)
Zhuang
1 entries- Yihswhlanzgyau name (Abrahamic religion)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars.
Source: tatoeba (376849)
Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
Source: tatoeba (376853)
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights.
Source: tatoeba (376857)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "islam"?
Closest matches include islamic civilization, islamic culture, islamic faith, islamic world, islamism.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "islam"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.