It would provoke a saint.
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Saint
//seɪnt//
Synonyms for "saint" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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12 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
53 entriesShowing 16 of 53 words.
desires
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
Translations
277 translations across 94 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Albanian
3 entries- mrrim noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- shenjtor noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- shën noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἅγιος noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Arabic
4 entries- سيدي noun (title given to a saint)
- قِدِّيس noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- ولي noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- ولي صالح noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Aragonese
1 entries- Sant noun (title given to a saint)
Armenian
2 entries- սուրբ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- սուրբ noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Aromanian
3 entries- ayiu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sãmtu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sãntu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Asturian
4 entries- San noun (title given to a saint)
- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- santu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Bashkir
1 entries- әүлиә noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Belarusian
2 entries- свята́я noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- святы́ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Bengali
2 entries- ওলি noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- পীর noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Bulgarian
2 entries- светец noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- канонизирам verb (formally recognize as a saint — see also canonize)
Catalan
4 entries- Sant noun (title given to a saint)
- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- sant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sant noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Chinese
1 entries- 聖人 /圣人 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 聖人 /圣人 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- 聖徒 /圣徒 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 聖 /圣 noun (title given to a saint)
- 聖人 /圣人 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- 聖徒 /圣徒 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Cornish
1 entries- sans noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Czech
4 entries- Svatá noun (title given to a saint)
- Svatý noun (title given to a saint)
- svatá noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svatý noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Dalmatian
1 entries- suant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Danish
4 entries- Sankt noun (title given to a saint)
- helgen noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- helgen noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- kanonisere verb (formally recognize as a saint — see also canonize)
Dutch
4 entries- Sint noun (title given to a saint)
- heilige noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- heilige noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- heiligverklaren verb (formally recognize as a saint — see also canonize)
Esperanto
4 entries- sanktulino noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sanktuliĉo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sanktulo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- virsanktulo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Finnish
3 entries- Pyhä noun (title given to a saint)
- pyhimys noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- pyhimys noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
French
4 entries- Saint noun (title given to a saint)
- saint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- saint noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- sainte noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Friulian
1 entries- sant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Galician
4 entries- San noun (title given to a saint)
- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- santo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Georgian
1 entries- წმინდანი noun (person proclaimed as saint)
German
3 entries- Heiliger noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- Heiliger noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- Sankt noun (title given to a saint)
Greek
4 entries- άγιος noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- άγιος noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- αγία noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- αγία noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Hebrew
1 entries- קדוש noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Hindi
4 entries- पुनीत noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- महात्मा noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- मुकद्दस noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- वाली noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Hungarian
3 entries- szent noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- szent noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- szent noun (title given to a saint)
Icelandic
1 entries- dýrlingur noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Indonesian
2 entries- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- santo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Irish
4 entries- Naomh noun (title given to a saint)
- San noun (title given to a saint)
- naomh noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- naomh noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Italian
4 entries- San noun (title given to a saint)
- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- Santo noun (title given to a saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Jakaltek
1 entries- tioẍ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Japanese
3 entries- セイント noun (title given to a saint)
- 聖 noun (title given to a saint)
- 聖人 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Kazakh
4 entries- молда noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- тақуа noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- әулие noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- әулие noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Khmer
1 entries- សន្ត noun (title given to a saint)
Korean
2 entries- 성 noun (title given to a saint)
- 성인 noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກບຸນ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Latgalian
3 entries- svāta noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svātlelyskys noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svāts noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Latin
1 entries- sānctus noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Latvian
2 entries- svēta noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svēts noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Lithuanian
2 entries- šventasis noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- šventoji noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Lombard
1 entries- sant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Low German
1 entries- Sünn noun (title given to a saint)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- swěta noun (title given to a saint)
- swěty noun (title given to a saint)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Hellegen noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Macedonian
4 entries- светец noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- светец noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- светица noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- светица noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Malay
2 entries- santo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- wali noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Maltese
4 entries- Qaddis noun (title given to a saint)
- Qaddisa noun (title given to a saint)
- qaddis noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- san noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Middle French
1 entries- sainct noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Māori
2 entries- ahurangi noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- hato noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Nheengatu
3 entries- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- Santu noun (title given to a saint)
- santu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Norman
2 entries- saint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- saint noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Norwegian
1 entries- kanonisere verb (formally recognize as a saint — see also canonize)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- helgen noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- helgen noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- sankt noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- helgen noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- helgen noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Occitan
4 entries- sant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sent noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- senta noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Old English
2 entries- hālga noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sanct noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Old French
2 entries- saint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- seint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Old Occitan
1 entries- saint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اولیا noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- عزیز noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- свята noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- святи noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- святитель noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- святителька noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Persian
4 entries- سن noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- سنتا noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- قدیس noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- مقدس noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Polish
4 entries- Święta noun (title given to a saint)
- Święty noun (title given to a saint)
- święta noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- święty noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Portuguese
4 entries- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- Santo noun (title given to a saint)
- São noun (title given to a saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Quechua
2 entries- ch'uya noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- santu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Romanian
4 entries- Sfânta noun (title given to a saint)
- Sfântul noun (title given to a saint)
- sfânt noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sfânt noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Romansch
4 entries- sench noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sogn noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- son noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sonch noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Russian
4 entries- свята́я noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- свята́я noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- свято́й noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- свято́й noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Sardinian
1 entries- santu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- Naomh noun (title given to a saint)
- naomh noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- naomh noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- naomhaich verb (formally recognize as a saint — see also canonize)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Sveti noun (title given to a saint)
- svet noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svet noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- sveta noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Sicilian
1 entries- santu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ශුද්ධවූ noun (title given to a saint)
Slovak
2 entries- svätá noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svätý noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Slovene
4 entries- svetnica noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svetnica noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- svetnik noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- svetnik noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Spanish
4 entries- San noun (title given to a saint)
- Santa noun (title given to a saint)
- Santo noun (title given to a saint)
- santa noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Swahili
1 entries- mtakatifu noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Swedish
4 entries- Sankt noun (title given to a saint)
- Sankta noun (title given to a saint)
- helgon noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- helgon noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Tagalog
1 entries- santo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Tajik
1 entries- муқаддас noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Thai
4 entries- นักบุญ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- นักบุญ noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- วิสุทธิชน noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- วิสุทธิชน noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Turkish
1 entries- aziz noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Ukrainian
2 entries- свята́ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- святи́й noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Urdu
4 entries- بزرگ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- مقدس noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- مقدسہ noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- ولی noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Venetan
1 entries- santo noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Vietnamese
4 entries- thánh noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- thánh noun (title given to a saint)
- thánh nhân noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- vị thánh noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Volapük
4 entries- hisaludan noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- hisaludan noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- jisaludan noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- jisaludan noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Walloon
4 entries- sint noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sint noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
- sinte noun (person proclaimed as saint)
- sinte noun ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities)
Welsh
1 entries- sant noun (person proclaimed as saint)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.
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He is a saint of a man.
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He acted like a saint.
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