Synonyms for catholic
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ecumenical — universal; all-encompassing
general, universal, broad, world-wide, generic, all-embracing, common, sound, comprehensive, all-encompassing, sweeping, ecumenical rare
2. Liberal — all-embracing
liberal, broad-minded, tolerant, open-minded, eclectic, varied
Definitions
- adj. 1
Universal; all-encompassing.
The church is catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does, belongs to all.
- adj. 2
All-embracing.
Related words
- Word family
- catholicise catholicism catholicity catholicly catholicness
Example sentences
- common Who, that has common sense, would do such a thing?
- liberal The publishers of that newspaper are very liberal.
By length
- 5 letters
- sound1, broad1
- 6 letters
- common2, varied2
- 7 letters
- general3, liberal3, generic3
- 8 letters
- sweeping2, tolerant3, eclectic3
- 9 letters
- universal4
- 10 letters
- ecumenical5
- 13 letters
- comprehensive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (common2 = 2 syllables).