Cows are sacred to Hindus.
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Sacred
//ˈseɪkɹɪd//
Synonyms for "sacred" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
Adjective(1 words)
inviolatejustlimitlessliturgicliturgicallovingluminouslyriclyricalmajesticmakingmercifulmysticalomnipotentomnipresentomniscientoneoperaticpermanentperpetual
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priestlyprotectedpsalmicpsalmodialpsalmodicquasi religiousradiantreveredreverendritualsacralsacramentalsaintedsaintlyshapingshieldedsingingsolemnsopranosovereignspiritualsublimesupremetabutenorthe holythe ineffablethe inenarrablethe inexpressiblethe numinousthe unspeakablethe unutterabletimelesstrebleubiquitousunboundedunchangingundefinedunlimitedunnameableunspeakableuntouchableunutterablevenerableveneratedvocalworthy
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
form of
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
similar
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
129 translations across 67 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- shejtnueshëm adj (made holy)
- shenjtë adj (made holy)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἅγιος adj (made holy)
- ἱερός adj (made holy)
Arabic
2 entries- مقدس adj (made holy)
- مُقَدَّس adj (made holy)
Armenian
1 entries- սուրբ adj (made holy)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müqəddəs adj (made holy)
Belarusian
2 entries- святы́ adj (made holy)
- свяшчэ́нны adj (made holy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- посветен adj (designated by a divine sanction)
- свеще́н adj (made holy)
- свещен adj (not to be profaned or violated)
- свят adj (made holy)
Catalan
1 entries- sagrat adj (made holy)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎸᏉᏗ adj (made holy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 神聖 /神圣 adj (made holy)
- 聖 /圣 adj (made holy)
Czech
2 entries- posvátný adj (made holy)
- svatý adj (made holy)
Dutch
3 entries- gezegend adj (made holy)
- heilig adj (made holy)
- zalig adj (made holy)
Egyptian
1 entries- Dsr:r adj (made holy)
Esperanto
1 entries- sankta adj (made holy)
Estonian
1 entries- püha adj (made holy)
Finnish
4 entries- pyhitetty adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
- pyhä adj (made holy)
- pyhä adj (designated by a divine sanction)
- pyhä adj (not to be profaned or violated)
French
2 entries- sacré adj (made holy)
- saint adj (made holy)
Galician
1 entries- sagrado adj (made holy)
Georgian
4 entries- სასულიერო adj (relating to religion)
- საღმრთო adj (made holy)
- წმინდა adj (made holy)
- წმინდათა წმინდა adj (not to be profaned or violated)
German
1 entries- heilig adj (made holy)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 adj (made holy)
Greek
4 entries- αφιερωμένος adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
- αφοσιωμένος adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
- ιερός adj (made holy)
- ιερός adj (relating to religion)
Hebrew
4 entries- קדוש adj (made holy)
- קדושה adj (made holy)
- קדושות adj (made holy)
- קדושים adj (made holy)
Hidatsa
1 entries- xubáa adj (made holy)
Higaonon
1 entries- balaan adj (made holy)
Hindi
1 entries- पवित्र adj (made holy)
Hungarian
1 entries- szent adj (made holy)
Hunsrik
1 entries- heilich adj (made holy)
Indonesian
4 entries- keramat adj (made holy)
- keramat adj (not to be profaned or violated)
- sakral adj (made holy)
- sakral adj (not to be profaned or violated)
Interlingua
1 entries- sacrate adj (made holy)
Irish
4 entries- beannaithe adj (made holy)
- coisricthe adj (made holy)
- dobhriste adj (not to be profaned or violated)
- dosháraithe adj (not to be profaned or violated)
Italian
1 entries- sacro adj (made holy)
Japanese
2 entries- 神聖 adj (made holy)
- 聖なる adj (made holy)
Ladin
2 entries- sant adj (made holy)
- sent adj (made holy)
Latin
1 entries- sacer adj (made holy)
Latvian
1 entries- svēts adj (made holy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šventas adj (made holy)
Macedonian
1 entries- свет adj (made holy)
Malay
1 entries- suci adj (made holy)
Manx
1 entries- casherick adj (made holy)
Māori
4 entries- tapu adj (made holy)
- tapu adj (designated by a divine sanction)
- tapu adj (not to be profaned or violated)
- tapu adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
Norwegian
1 entries- hellig adj (made holy)
Occitan
1 entries- sacrat adj (made holy)
Old English
1 entries- hāliġ adj (made holy)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- شریف adj (made holy)
- عزیز adj (made holy)
- مقدس adj (made holy)
Persian
1 entries- مقدس adj (made holy)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- heilich adj (made holy)
Polish
1 entries- święty adj (made holy)
Portuguese
2 entries- sacro adj (made holy)
- sagrado adj (made holy)
Quechua
1 entries- willka adj (made holy)
Rapa Nui
4 entries- tapu adj (made holy)
- tapu adj (designated by a divine sanction)
- tapu adj (not to be profaned or violated)
- tapu adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
Romanian
1 entries- sacru adj (made holy)
Russian
2 entries- свято́й adj (made holy)
- свяще́нный adj (made holy)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- coisrigte adj (made holy)
- coisrigte adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
- naomh adj (made holy)
- naomh adj (relating to religion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- svȇt adj (made holy)
- све̑т adj (made holy)
Slovak
1 entries- svätý adj (made holy)
Slovene
1 entries- svet adj (made holy)
Spanish
2 entries- sacro adj (made holy)
- sagrado adj (made holy)
Swedish
1 entries- helig adj (made holy)
Tagalog
2 entries- pamathala adj (made holy)
- pandiyos adj (made holy)
Tamil
1 entries- புனிதமான adj (made holy)
Thai
1 entries- ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ adj (made holy)
Turkish
2 entries- kutsal adj (made holy)
- mukaddes adj (made holy)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎖𐎄𐎌 adj (made holy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- святи́й adj (made holy)
- свяще́нний adj (made holy)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thánh adj (made holy)
- thần thánh adj (made holy)
Welsh
4 entries- crefyddol adj (relating to religion)
- cysegredig adj (made holy)
- cysegredig adj (consecrated; dedicated; devoted)
- sanctaidd adj (made holy)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
If anything is sacred the human body is sacred.
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This shrine is sacred to Jupiter.
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Cows are sacred to many people in India.
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