Sin

//sɪn//

Synonyms for "sin" (197 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (40)

Verb(2 words)
blunderboob

Strong matches (59)

Verb(2 words)
drop the ballgoof

Related words (98)

Proper Noun(3 words)
nannananna-suensuen
Verb(2 words)
transgresstrespass

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15 relation types

More general

17 entries

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Antonyms

7 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes

1 entries

coordinate

5 entries

derived

43 entries

Showing 16 of 43 words.

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

7 entries

manner of

1 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

63 entries

Showing 16 of 63 words.

Translations

364 translations across 170 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • caráamu noun (violation of religious law)

Afrikaans

3 entries
  • sonde noun (violation of religious law)
  • sonde noun (misdeed)
  • sondig verb (to commit a sin)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • saea' noun (violation of religious law)

Albanian

1 entries
  • mëkat noun (violation of religious law)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ኀጢአት noun (violation of religious law)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ἁμάρτημα noun (violation of religious law)
  • ἁμαρτία noun (violation of religious law)
  • ἁμαρτάνω verb (to commit a sin)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِثْم noun (violation of religious law)
  • خَطِيئَة noun (violation of religious law)
  • خِطْء noun (violation of religious law)
  • ذنب noun (violation of religious law)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մեղք noun (violation of religious law)
  • մեղք noun (misdeed)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • amãrtii noun (violation of religious law)
  • picat noun (violation of religious law)
  • amãrtipsescu verb (to commit a sin)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পাপ noun (violation of religious law)

Asturian

2 entries
  • pecáu noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • günah noun (violation of religious law)
  • günah etmək verb (to commit a sin)
  • günah işlətmək verb (to commit a sin)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • гонаһ noun (violation of religious law)

Basque

1 entries
  • bekatu noun (violation of religious law)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • грэх noun (violation of religious law)
  • грашы́ць verb (to commit a sin)

Bengali

2 entries
  • পাতক noun (violation of religious law)
  • পাপ noun (violation of religious law)

Breton

1 entries
  • pehed noun (violation of religious law)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • грях noun (violation of religious law)
  • прегреше́ние noun (misdeed)
  • греша́ verb (to commit a sin)

Burmese

2 entries
  • မှားယွင်းခြင်း noun (violation of religious law)
  • အပြစ် noun (violation of religious law)

Buryat

1 entries
  • нүгэл noun (violation of religious law)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • грїх noun (violation of religious law)
  • грѣх noun (violation of religious law)

Catalan

3 entries
  • pecat noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecat noun (misdeed)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • sala noun (violation of religious law)
  • paghimo ug salä verb (to commit a sin)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گوناه noun (violation of religious law)

Chechen

1 entries
  • къа noun (violation of religious law)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᏍᎦᏂ noun (violation of religious law)
  • ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎦ verb (to commit a sin)

Chinese

2 entries
  • зуй noun (violation of religious law)
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 孽 noun (violation of religious law)
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)
  • 作孽 verb (to commit a sin)
  • 犯罪 verb (to commit a sin)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • грѣхъ noun (violation of religious law)
  • ⰳⱃⱑⱈⱏ noun (violation of religious law)

Cornish

2 entries
  • pegh noun (violation of religious law)
  • pehas noun (violation of religious law)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • güna noun (violation of religious law)
  • günâh noun (violation of religious law)

Czech

4 entries
  • hřích noun (violation of religious law)
  • hřích noun (misdeed)
  • hřešit verb (to commit a sin)
  • zhřešit verb (to commit a sin)

Dalmatian

3 entries
  • blasmuat noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecat noun (violation of religious law)
  • desser verb (to commit a sin)

Danish

3 entries
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)
  • synder noun (misdeed)
  • synde verb (to commit a sin)

Dari

1 entries
  • گُنَاه noun (violation of religious law)

Dutch

3 entries
  • zonde noun (violation of religious law)
  • zonde noun (misdeed)
  • zondigen verb (to commit a sin)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • peko noun (violation of religious law)

Estonian

2 entries
  • patt noun (violation of religious law)
  • pattu tegema verb (to commit a sin)

Faroese

2 entries
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)
  • synda verb (to commit a sin)

Finnish

3 entries
  • synti noun (violation of religious law)
  • synti noun (misdeed)
  • tehdä syntiä verb (to commit a sin)

French

3 entries
  • péché noun (violation of religious law)
  • péché noun (misdeed)
  • pécher verb (to commit a sin)

Friulian

4 entries
  • pecjât noun (violation of religious law)
  • pečhât noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecjâ verb (to commit a sin)
  • pečhâ verb (to commit a sin)

Galician

2 entries
  • pecado noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცოდვა noun (violation of religious law)

German

3 entries
  • Sünde noun (violation of religious law)
  • Sünde noun (misdeed)
  • sündigen verb (to commit a sin)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (violation of religious law)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to commit a sin)

Greek

4 entries
  • αμάρτημα noun (violation of religious law)
  • αμαρτία noun (violation of religious law)
  • παράπτωμα noun (misdeed)
  • αμαρτάνω verb (to commit a sin)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ajortuliaq noun (violation of religious law)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પાપ noun (violation of religious law)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • peche noun (violation of religious law)
  • peche noun (misdeed)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Hausa

1 entries
  • zùnubī̀ noun (violation of religious law)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • hewa noun (misdeed)
  • lawehala noun (violation of religious law)
  • lawehala noun (misdeed)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חֵטְא noun (violation of religious law)
  • חטא verb (to commit a sin)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • sala noun (violation of religious law)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अधर्म noun (violation of religious law)
  • अपराध noun (misdeed)
  • गुनाह noun (violation of religious law)
  • दुष्कर्म noun (violation of religious law)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bűn noun (violation of religious law)
  • bűn noun (misdeed)
  • vétek noun (violation of religious law)
  • vétség noun (misdeed)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Sind noun (violation of religious law)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • misgerð noun (misdeed)
  • misgjörð noun (misdeed)
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)
  • synd noun (misdeed)

Ido

2 entries
  • peko noun (violation of religious law)
  • pekar verb (to commit a sin)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dosa noun (violation of religious law)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • peccato noun (violation of religious law)
  • peccar verb (to commit a sin)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • بِزِه noun (misdeed)
  • خَطا noun (misdeed)
  • گُناه noun (violation of religious law)
  • گُناه noun (misdeed)

Irish

2 entries
  • peaca noun (violation of religious law)
  • peacaigh verb (to commit a sin)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries
  • pecåt noun (violation of religious law)

Italian

4 entries
  • peccato noun (violation of religious law)
  • peccato noun (misdeed)
  • vizio noun (misdeed)
  • peccare verb (to commit a sin)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)
  • 罪 noun (misdeed)
  • 罪を犯す verb (to commit a sin)

Javanese

1 entries
  • dosa noun (violation of religious law)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • килнц noun (violation of religious law)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪಾಪ noun (violation of religious law)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • grzéch noun (violation of religious law)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • күнә noun (violation of religious law)
  • обал noun (violation of religious law)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ទោស noun (violation of religious law)
  • បាប noun (violation of religious law)
  • អំពើបាប noun (violation of religious law)

Kituba

1 entries
  • disumu noun (violation of religious law)

Korean

2 entries
  • 죄 noun (violation of religious law)
  • 죄를 짓다 verb (to commit a sin)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • күнөө noun (violation of religious law)

Laboya

1 entries
  • jala noun (violation of religious law)

Ladin

1 entries
  • picià noun (violation of religious law)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບາບ noun (violation of religious law)

Latin

3 entries
  • peccatum noun (violation of religious law)
  • scelus noun (violation of religious law)
  • peccō verb (to commit a sin)

Latvian

2 entries
  • grēks noun (violation of religious law)
  • grēkot verb (to commit a sin)

Lingala

1 entries
  • sumuki noun (violation of religious law)

Lisu

3 entries
  • ꓚꓱꓸ noun (violation of religious law)
  • ꓝꓱꓸ noun (violation of religious law)
  • ꓝꓴꓲꓸ noun (violation of religious law)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • nuodėmė noun (violation of religious law)
  • nusidėti verb (to commit a sin)

Lombard

3 entries
  • peccaa noun (violation of religious law)
  • peccà verb (to commit a sin)
  • pecà verb (to commit a sin)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • grěch noun (violation of religious law)

Luhya

2 entries
  • ethambi noun (violation of religious law)
  • obusuku noun (violation of religious law)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Sënd noun (violation of religious law)
  • Sënn noun (violation of religious law)
  • sëndegen verb (to commit a sin)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • грев noun (violation of religious law)
  • грев noun (misdeed)
  • греши verb (to commit a sin)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fahotana noun (violation of religious law)

Malay

1 entries
  • dosa noun (violation of religious law)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പാപം noun (violation of religious law)
  • പാപം noun (misdeed)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dnub noun (violation of religious law)

Manx

1 entries
  • peccah noun (violation of religious law)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • ukosa verb (to commit a sin)

Maranao

2 entries
  • dosa noun (violation of religious law)
  • sala' noun (violation of religious law)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पाप noun (violation of religious law)

Meru

1 entries
  • iiya noun (violation of religious law)

Middle English

3 entries
  • synne noun (violation of religious law)
  • synne noun (misdeed)
  • synnen verb (to commit a sin)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • нүгэл noun (violation of religious law)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tlahtlacolli noun (misdeed)

Navajo

2 entries
  • bąąhági átʼéii noun (violation of religious law)
  • bąąhági átʼéii noun (misdeed)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • peccato noun (violation of religious law)

Nepali

1 entries
  • पाप noun (violation of religious law)

Norman

2 entries
  • péché noun (violation of religious law)
  • péché noun (misdeed)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • кыял noun (violation of religious law)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • guneh noun (violation of religious law)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • suddu noun (violation of religious law)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)
  • synde verb (to commit a sin)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)

Occitan

2 entries
  • pecat noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପାପ noun (violation of religious law)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • грѣхъ noun (violation of religious law)

Old English

4 entries
  • synn noun (violation of religious law)
  • synn noun (violation of religious law)
  • synn noun (misdeed)
  • sċyld noun (violation of religious law)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • peccar verb (to commit a sin)

Oromo

1 entries
  • cubbuu noun (violation of religious law)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • ذنب noun (violation of religious law)
  • صوچ noun (violation of religious law)
  • گناه noun (violation of religious law)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • грих noun (violation of religious law)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ګناه noun (violation of religious law)
  • ګناه ګاري noun (violation of religious law)

Persian

1 entries
  • گناه ورزیدن verb (to commit a sin)

Plautdietsch

3 entries
  • Sind noun (violation of religious law)
  • Äwaträdunk noun (violation of religious law)
  • sikj vesindjen verb (to commit a sin)

Polish

4 entries
  • grzech noun (violation of religious law)
  • grzech noun (misdeed)
  • przewina noun (violation of religious law)
  • występek noun (violation of religious law)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • pecado noun (violation of religious law)
  • transgressão noun (misdeed)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪਾਪ noun (violation of religious law)

Romanian

2 entries
  • păcat noun (violation of religious law)
  • păcătui verb (to commit a sin)

Romansch

3 entries
  • puccau noun (violation of religious law)
  • puchà noun (violation of religious law)
  • putgà noun (violation of religious law)

Russian

4 entries
  • грех noun (violation of religious law)
  • грех noun (misdeed)
  • прегреше́ние noun (misdeed)
  • просту́пок noun (misdeed)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • आगस् noun (violation of religious law)
  • एनस् noun (violation of religious law)
  • एनस् noun (misdeed)
  • पाप noun (violation of religious law)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • pecadu noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecau noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecai verb (to commit a sin)
  • pecare verb (to commit a sin)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • coire noun (misdeed)
  • peacadh noun (violation of religious law)
  • peacadh noun (misdeed)
  • peacaich verb (to commit a sin)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • grijȇh noun (violation of religious law)
  • grijȇh noun (misdeed)
  • grȇh noun (violation of religious law)
  • grȇh noun (misdeed)

Shor

1 entries
  • қыйал noun (violation of religious law)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • piccatu noun (violation of religious law)
  • piccari verb (to commit a sin)

Silesian

1 entries
  • grzych noun (violation of religious law)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පාපය noun (violation of religious law)

Slovak

3 entries
  • hriech noun (violation of religious law)
  • hriech noun (misdeed)
  • hrešiť verb (to commit a sin)

Slovene

2 entries
  • greh noun (violation of religious law)
  • grešíti verb (to commit a sin)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱне noun (violation of religious law)

Spanish

2 entries
  • pecado noun (violation of religious law)
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • pikadu noun (violation of religious law)

Swahili

2 entries
  • dhambi noun (violation of religious law)
  • dhambi noun (misdeed)

Swedish

4 entries
  • missdåd noun (misdeed)
  • synd noun (violation of religious law)
  • synd noun (misdeed)
  • synda verb (to commit a sin)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kasalanan noun (violation of religious law)
  • gumawa ng kasamaan verb (to commit a sin)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гуноҳ noun (violation of religious law)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பாவம் noun (violation of religious law)

Tatar

1 entries
  • гөнаһ noun (violation of religious law)

Telugu

3 entries
  • పాపం noun (misdeed)
  • పాపము noun (violation of religious law)
  • పాపం చేయు verb (to commit a sin)

Thai

2 entries
  • บาป noun (violation of religious law)
  • กระทำบาป verb (to commit a sin)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • tranko noun (violation of religious law)

Turkish

4 entries
  • günah noun (violation of religious law)
  • kabahat noun (misdeed)
  • suç noun (misdeed)
  • vebal noun (violation of religious law)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • günä noun (violation of religious law)
  • günää noun (violation of religious law)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • бачыт noun (violation of religious law)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гріх noun (violation of religious law)
  • гріши́ти verb (to commit a sin)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hrěch noun (violation of religious law)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اَپْرادھ noun (violation of religious law)
  • اَپْرادھ noun (misdeed)
  • خَطا noun (violation of religious law)
  • پاپ noun (violation of religious law)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • گۇناھ noun (violation of religious law)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • gunoh noun (violation of religious law)

Venetan

1 entries
  • pecar verb (to commit a sin)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • tội noun (violation of religious law)
  • tội lỗi noun (violation of religious law)
  • phạm tội verb (to commit a sin)

Volapük

3 entries
  • midun noun (misdeed)
  • sinod noun (violation of religious law)
  • sinön verb (to commit a sin)

Welsh

2 entries
  • pechod noun (violation of religious law)
  • pechu verb (to commit a sin)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • sûnde noun (violation of religious law)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries
  • sala' noun (violation of religious law)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 罪 noun (violation of religious law)

Yakut

1 entries
  • аньыы noun (violation of religious law)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זינד noun (violation of religious law)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • guna noun (violation of religious law)
  • heyf noun (violation of religious law)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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It is a sin to steal even a pin.

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Is it always a sin to tell a lie?

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The wages of sin is death.

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I confessed my sin.

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