Temple

/ˈtɛm.pl̩/

Synonyms for "temple" (65 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

Noun(4 words)
house of worshipplace of worshipshrineborobudur

Strong matches (20)

Noun(3 words)
fanegosainthanholy place

Related words (32)

Noun(15 words)
oracleoraclespantheonssacred institutionsanctuariessanctuaryshrinesside of headsynagogsynagogssynagoguetabernacletemporal areatemporal regionwats

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: house of worship, place of worship, shrine, bank, beam.
  • Sentence evidence is available for temple, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "temple"

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1. Preserve meaning

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "temple" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries
anatomical regionbody regionbuildingedificefeaturefigurative termhouse of Godhouse of prayerhouse of worshiplineamentmetaphorplace of worshipstructure

More specific

7 entries
Buddhist templeGreek templeHindu templetemple of justicetemple of learningtemporal arterytemporalis muscle

Collocations

6 entries
ancient templetemple architecturetemple complextemple precincttemple ruinstemple worship

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

209 translations across 117 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • nakkaptum noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Albanian

2 entries
  • faltore noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • tempull noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ναός noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ἱερόν noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Arabic

3 entries
  • معبد noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • مَعْبَد noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • هَيْكَل noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բագին noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • մեհյան noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • տաճար noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Assamese

2 entries
  • দৌল noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • মন্দিৰ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Asturian

1 entries
  • templu noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • ibadətgah noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ibadətxana noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • məbəd noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Baba Malay

1 entries
  • tempeh noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ғибәҙәтхана noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Basque

1 entries
  • tenplu noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Bengali

2 entries
  • মঠ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • মন্দির noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Burmese

3 entries
  • နားထင် noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ဘုရား noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ဝတ်ကျောင်း noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Catalan

1 entries
  • temple noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پەرستگا noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 寺廟 /寺庙 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 廟 /庙 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 寺 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 寺廟 /寺庙 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 寺院 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 庙 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Cornish

1 entries
  • eglos teg noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Czech

1 entries
  • chrám noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Danish

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • ལྷ་ཁང noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • nTr-Hwt-t:pr noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • r:Z1-pr*Z1:niwt noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tempul noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Finnish

2 entries
  • temppeli noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • temppeli noun (something of importance)

French

1 entries
  • temple noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Galician

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტაძარი noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

German

1 entries
  • Tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌷𐌿𐍃 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Greek

1 entries
  • ναός noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • મંદિર noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • heiau noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִקְדָּשׁ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मंदिर noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • मठ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • szentély noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • szentély noun (something of importance)
  • templom noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • templom noun (something of importance)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hof noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • musteri noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Ido

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kelenteng noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • kuil noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • pura noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • wihara noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • عِبادَتْخانِه noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • عِبادَتْگاه noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • فَرْخار noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • فَغِسْتان noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Irish

1 entries
  • teampall noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Italian

1 entries
  • tempio noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 堂塔 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 寺 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 寺院 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 神殿 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Kankanaey

1 entries
  • timplo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ғибадатхана noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ғыйбадатһана noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ប្រាសាទ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • វត្ត noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Konkani

1 entries
  • ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Korean

3 entries
  • 사원 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 사찰 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • 절 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • ибадаткана noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Ladino

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວັດ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Latin

4 entries
  • aedis noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • dēlūbrum noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • fānum noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • templum noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Latvian

1 entries
  • templis noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šventykla noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦞᧆ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Magahi

1 entries
  • 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Malay

1 entries
  • kuil noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അമ്പലം noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ദേവാലയം noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Maltese

2 entries
  • maqdes noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • tempju noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Marathi

2 entries
  • देऊळ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • मंदिर noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • дуган noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • сүм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • сүм дуган noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ᠰᠦᠮ ᠡ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Māori

1 entries
  • temepara noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Norman

1 entries
  • templ'ye noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Occitan

1 entries
  • temple noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମନ୍ଦିର noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Old English

2 entries
  • ealh noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • tempul noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Old Spanish

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • عبادتخانه noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Parthian

1 entries
  • 𐭁𐭂𐭍𐭉 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بتخانه noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • معبد noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Polish

4 entries
  • bożnica noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • chram noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • gontyna noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • kontyna noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Romani

1 entries
  • khangeri noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Romanian

1 entries
  • templu noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Russian

3 entries
  • ме́сто богослуже́ния noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • святы́ня noun (something of importance)
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • देवालय noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • मठ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bogòmolja noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • hrȃm noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • бого̀моља noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • хра̑м noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Slovak

1 entries
  • chrám noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tempelj noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Spanish

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Swahili

1 entries
  • hekalu noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tempel noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • templo noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Tajik

4 entries
  • ибодатгоҳ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ибодатхона noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • маъбад noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • парастишгоҳ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கோயில் noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • தேவளம் noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • தேவாலயம் noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Tatar

1 entries
  • гыйбадәтханә noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Telugu

4 entries
  • ఆలయము noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • కోవెల noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • గుడి noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • దేవళము noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Thai

1 entries
  • วัด noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ལྷ་ཁང noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ibadethane noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • mabet noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • tapınak noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • toplak noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ybadathana noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • храм noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Umbrian

1 entries
  • 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Urdu

4 entries
  • عِبادَت گاہ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • مَعْبَد noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • مَنْدِر noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • مَٹھ noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • تاۈينيديغان چاي noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • يباداتھانا noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • butxona noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ibodatgoh noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • ibodatxona noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • maʻbad noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chùa noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • thiền viện noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • đền noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Welsh

1 entries
  • teml noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • kįh biyiʼ daʼchʼokąąhí noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • טעמפּל noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • שול noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ile Ọlọrun noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)
  • tẹmpili noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • caeh noun (place of worship — see also place of worship)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Speaking of Kyoto, have you ever visited the Kinkakuji Temple?

Source: tatoeba (19328)

And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.

Source: tatoeba (19487)

There used to be a temple right here.

Source: tatoeba (28338)

Having been to the temple before, I know the way.

Source: tatoeba (28352)

Showing 4 of 31 available sentences.

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