Synonyms of pious
99 similar words · 3 opposite words
Another word for pious is heavenly-minded. Other synonyms of pious are practicing, Allah-fearing, devout, godly and frum. The opposite of pious is impious.
Synonyms and similar words for pious
adjectiveOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- devoutDevoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
- dutiful
- godlyDevoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
- observantPracticing a religion.
- reverentShowing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.
- reverentialShowing or characterized by reverence; respectful.
- Allah-fearingDevoutly Muslim; pious; very Islamic.
- frumPious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism.
- godfearingDevout; pious; very religious.
- heavenly-mindedDevout; heavenly; pious; of pure mind.
- practicingParticipating in the rituals and mores of a religion.
- saintedPious, saintly.
- devoutful obsoleteFull of devotion; devoted or pious.
- inward obsoleteDevoted to spiritual matters, pious, devout.
- piteous obsoleteShowing devotion to God.
- religionary obsoleteRelating to religion; pious.
- sanctimonious archaicHoly, devout.
adjectiveRelating to religion or religious works.
adjectiveInsisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others...
- crawthumpingOstentatiously pious.
- holier-than-thouHypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.
- self-righteous
- patronizingOffensively condescending.
- pompousAffectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
- smug
- airy
- arrogantHaving excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
- chesty informal
- authoritarian
- biggityConceited, uppity.
- big-headed slang
- blustery
- turgescent formalBecoming turgid or swollen.
- boastfulTending to boast or brag.
- lordly
- bombastic
- cockyOverly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- conceited
- disdainfulShowing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- domineeringOverbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
- egotistical
- entitled
- flauntingThat flaunts; showy or gaudy.
- full of oneselfEgotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
- grandiose
- hankty
- haughtyConveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- high-handedUsing power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- high-hat colloquialDisdainful; haughty.
- high and mighty
- highfalutin colloquialSelf-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
- hoity-toity colloquial
- hubristicOf or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or...
- hubristicalHubristic.
- imperious
- inflated
- insolent
- la-di-da
- ostentatious
- overbearingOverly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
- overweening
- presumptuousMaking unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding...
- pretentious
- priggishLike a prig.
- puffed up
- self-importantHaving, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
- snobbish slangHaving the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
- snooty slang
- snotty slang
- stout
- stuck up slang
- superciliousArrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
- thrasonicThrasonical.
- thrasonicalBoastful, bragging, vainglorious.
- toplofticalHaughty, hoity-toity, superior.
- toploftySelf-important, haughty.
- tumid
- turgid
- uppish
- uppity
- uppySynonym of uppity.
- upstage
- vain
- affected
- effete
- fey
- recherché
- overrefinedRefined to an excessive degree.
- pansified derogatory
- precious derogatory
- stagy
- stilted figuratively
- theatrical
- WoosterianFoppish and affected.
- buggish dialectal, obsolete
- flatulent obsolete
- glorious obsolete
- haught obsoleteHaughty.
- haut obsolete
- orgulous archaic, literary
Opposite of pious
adjectiveOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- impiousNot pious.
- independent
- profane
Meaning of pious
- adjective Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- adjective Relating to religion or religious works.
- adjective Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.
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Questions about synonyms of pious
- What is another word for pious?
- Pious has 99 synonyms on Word.ws, such as heavenly-minded, practicing, Allah-fearing, devout, godly, frum, observant and sainted.
- What is the opposite of pious?
- The opposite of pious is impious. Other antonyms of pious are independent.
- What does pious mean?
- Pious means of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
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