RELIGIOUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
   Hypernyms(s) religious is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • religionist (what does religionist mean?)
   • religious person (what does religious person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • friar (what does friar mean?)
   • mendicant (what does mendicant mean?)
   • monk (what does monk mean?)
   • monastic (what does monastic mean?)
   • Benedictine (what does Benedictine mean?)
   • Jesuit (what does Jesuit mean?)
   • nun (what does nun mean?)
   • eremite (what does eremite mean?)
   • cenobite (what does cenobite mean?)
   • coenobite (what does coenobite mean?)
   • superior (what does superior mean?)
   • votary (what does votary mean?)
   • Merton (what does Merton mean?)
   • Thomas Merton (what does Thomas Merton mean?)

RELIGIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
   Usage Example(s)
   • a religious man
   • religious attitude
   Antonym(s)
   • irreligious (what does irreligious mean?)
   Similar To
   • churchgoing (what does churchgoing mean?)
   • churchlike (what does churchlike mean?)
   • churchly (what does churchly mean?)
   • devout (what does devout mean?)
   • god-fearing (what does god-fearing mean?)
   • pious (what does pious mean?)
   • interfaith (what does interfaith mean?)
   See Also
   • pious (what does pious mean?)
2. Meaning
   • concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
   Synonym(s)
   • spiritual (what does spiritual mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • religious texts
   • a nenber if a religious order
   • lords temporal and spiritual
   • spiritual leaders
   • spiritual songs
   Similar To
   • sacred (what does sacred mean?)
3. Meaning
   • extremely scrupulous and conscientious
   Usage Example(s)
   • religious in observing the rules of health
   Similar To
   • scrupulous (what does scrupulous mean?)