So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
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Pious
Synonyms for "pious" (93 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
Related word relations
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1 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
105 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὐσεβής adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- θρῆσκος adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Arabic
4 entries- بَرّ adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- تَقِيّ adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- صَالِح adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- مُتَدَيِّن adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Armenian
1 entries- բարեպաշտ adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Belarusian
3 entries- багабо́йны adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- набо́жны adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- пабо́жны adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Bulgarian
3 entries- благочести́в adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- на́божен adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- набожен adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەرستش adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 敬虔 adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- 虔誠 /虔诚 adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Czech
1 entries- zbožný adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Danish
2 entries- from adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- ydmyg adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Dutch
1 entries- vroom adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Esperanto
1 entries- pia adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Finnish
4 entries- harras adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- hurskas adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- jumalaapelkääväinen adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- jumalinen adj (of or pertaining to piety)
French
1 entries- pieux adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Galician
1 entries- pío adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Georgian
4 entries- მორწმუნე adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- მორწმუნე adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
- ღვთისმოსავი adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- ღვთისმოსავი adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
German
3 entries- fromm adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- pietätvoll adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- scheinheilig adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Greek
2 entries- ευσεβής adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- θρήσκος adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָסִיד adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Indonesian
1 entries- saleh adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Irish
2 entries- cráifeach adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- diaganta adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Japanese
4 entries- 信心の名を借りた adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
- 信心深い adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- 偽善的な adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
- 宗教にかこつけた adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Kazakh
1 entries- ғибадатшыл adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Korean
1 entries- 경건하다 adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Latin
1 entries- pius adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Macedonian
4 entries- благо́честив adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- богоу́годен adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- по́божен adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- по́божен adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Malay
3 entries- alim adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- salih adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- warak adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Māori
2 entries- whakapono adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- whakapono adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Norman
1 entries- pieux adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Norwegian
1 entries- from adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Occitan
1 entries- piós adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Old English
1 entries- ǣfæst adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- fromm adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Polish
4 entries- bogobojny adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- nabożny adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- pobożny adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- zbożny adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Portuguese
1 entries- pio adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Romanian
1 entries- pios adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Russian
3 entries- благочести́вый adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- богобоя́зненный adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- на́божный adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Sanskrit
1 entries- यज्यु adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cràbhach adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- cràbhach adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nabožan adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
- pobožan adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Slovak
1 entries- zbožný adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Spanish
4 entries- beato adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- piadoso adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- pío adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- religioso adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Swedish
4 entries- andaktsfull adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- from adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- pietetsfull adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- pietistisk adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Tagalog
1 entries- maka-Diyos adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kärtse-ṣälype adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Turkish
4 entries- bağnaz adj (practiced under the pretext of religion)
- dindar adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- imanı bütün adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- mütedeyyin adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Ukrainian
3 entries- благочести́вий adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- набо́жний adj (of or pertaining to piety)
- побо́жний adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sùng đạo adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿרום adj (of or pertaining to piety)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
Source: tatoeba (433963)
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.
Source: tatoeba (907483)
My wife is chaste and pious.
Source: tatoeba (1640166)
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