Saintly

//ˈseɪntli//

Synonyms for "saintly" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

holy pious saintlike angelic angelical archangelic beatific beatified blameless blessed blissful canonized celestial

Adjective(3 words)

Strong matches (23)

cherubic christlike christly consecrated dedicated devoted devout divine elysian empyreal empyrean glorified god fearing god-fearing godlike godly godly-minded good hallowed heavenly

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holy-minded honest

Adjective(1 words)

holy

Related words (39)

in glory just martyred moral otherworldly out of this world paradisiac paradisial paradisian paradisic pure pure in heart purehearted redeemed right minded right-minded righteous sacred sainted sanctified

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saved seraph seraphic set apart spiritual spiritual-minded straight sublime unearthly unworldly upright upstanding virtuous worthy

Adjective(3 words)

pious saintlike sainty

Adjective(2 words)

sainted saintlike

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6 relation types

Synonyms

4 entries

angelical holy pious saintlike

derived

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saintlihood saintlily saintliness supersaintly unsaintly

derived from

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saint

etymologically related_to

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saintlike

related to

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holy saint saintlike

similar

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good

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Tom talked about dark things, but was actually a saintly person and just bored.

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Layla's saintly exterior masks inner demons.

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Life in Sami's home was not as saintly as it seemed.

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Gradlon was a saintly and pious man.

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