Synonyms for bible

noun

1. Ultimate authority

   handbook, text, guidebook, manual, vade mecum, creed, accepted statement, authority, guide, unquestioned doctrine, court of final appeal, scripture, canon, the last word*, Hoyle*.

2. Holy Scripture; capitalized

   Scripture, the Good Book, God's word, the Word, the Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures, the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Torah, the Canon, the Testaments, Sacred History, the Writings of the Apostles and Prophets, Holy Writ, the Holy Bible, the Word of God, Testament, the Book.

   Famous Bibles include: Vulgate, Douay, King James or Authorized Version (KJV), Tyndale, Coverdale, Wycliffe, Revised Standard Version (RSV), Luther's, Wenzel, Mazarin, Wujek's, Gutenberg, Geneva or Breeches, Vinegar, Cicked, American or Revised, New English Bible (NEB).

3. Other sacred texts include: Koran, Veda, Masora, Alcoran, Tripitaka, Torah, Talmud, the Analects, Book of Mormon, the Eddas.