Synonyms for pious
- adjective
Most common
devout reverent godly saintly holier-than-thou self-righteous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Devout — of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing
devout, reverent, godly, saintly, holy, devotional, dutiful, worshipful, prayerful, heavenly-minded, sainted, good, reverential, moral, observant, practicing US, practising UK, godfearing, righteous, piteous dated, devoutful dated
2. Sanctimonious — insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious…
holier-than-thou, self-righteous, pompous, patronizing, patronising UK, preachy, affected, pharisaic, pietistic, pharisaical, teachy, crawthumping informal IE, pietistical, sanctimonious dated, smug dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- adj. 2
Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.
Example sentences
- devout Sami came from a deeply-devout conservative family.
- godly Methinks he is not godly enough.
- saintly Elias recognized how pure and saintly Sandra was.
- reverent With deep and reverent awe I replaced the candelabrum in its former position.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, holy2, smug1
- 5 letters
- moral2, godly2
- 6 letters
- devout2, teachy
- 7 letters
- pompous2, saintly2, dutiful3, preachy2, sainted2, piteous
- 8 letters
- affected3, reverent3
- 9 letters
- religious3, righteous2, observant3, prayerful2, pharisaic, pietistic, devoutful
- 10 letters
- practicing3, practising, devotional4, worshipful3, godfearing
- 11 letters
- patronizing4, patronising, reverential4, pharisaical, pietistical
- 12 letters
- crawthumping
- 13 letters
- sanctimonious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (holy2 = 2 syllables).