holy

[hoh-lee] / ˈhoʊ li /

ADJECTIVE

religious, sacred

Synonyms

STRONGEST

divine hallowed humble pure revered righteous spiritual sublime

STRONG

believing clean devotional faithful good innocent moral perfect upright

WEAK

angelic blessed chaste consecrated dedicated devoted devout faultless glorified god-fearing godlike godly immaculate just messianic pietistic pious prayerful reverent sacrosanct sainted saintlike saintly sanctified seraphic spotless uncorrupt undefiled untainted unworldly venerable venerated virtuous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

corrupt irreligious

STRONG

bad dishonest evil immoral imprecise impure inaccurate incomplete sinful uncertain unreliable unvirtuous vile

WEAK

depraved irreverent sacrilegious unholy unsacred wicked

Example Sentences

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A.I. has been a key motif of Leo’s nascent papacy, from early speeches to advisory groups to the reception of tech execs who’ve approached the holy man on their own.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Artificial intelligence has been deployed to help monitor the footage from thousands of cameras in and around the holy city of Mecca.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Everyone treats buy-and-hold as the holy grail because they are anchored to the extraordinary run from 1982 to today.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

The Saudi defence ministry posted a video on social media last week showing air defence batteries on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca, which is in the country's west.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Rabbis resisted by conducting services on Jewish holy days.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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