Godly Synonyms and Antonyms

gŏdlē
Deeply concerned with God and the beliefs and practice of religion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pious
  2. devotional
  3. devout
  4. holy
  5. pietistic
  6. pietistical
  7. prayerful
  8. religious
  9. saintly
Antonyms:
  1. irreligious
  2. sacrilegious
  3. ungodly
  4. godless
  5. sinful
  6. impious
  7. wicked
  8. hellish
Of, from, like, or being a god or God
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. divine
  2. holy
  3. righteous
  4. deific
  5. devout
  6. godlike
  7. reverent
  8. heavenly
  9. pious
  10. worshipful

Words Related to Godly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. religion
  2. christlike
  3. christ-like
  4. virtuous
  5. holiness
  6. good-christian
  7. sanctified

Godly Sentence Examples

  • Godly love is the highest of the spiritual gifts.

  • It is impossible here to follow the course of the strife, in which the godly were led by the earls of Gowrie and Angus.

  • The preachers, with Lords Loudoun and Eglintoun, Argyll and Cassilis, armed and raised the godly, and occupied Edinburgh.

  • The following year, 1532, parliament presented a petition to the king (which had been most carefully elaborated by the monarch's own advisers) containing twelve charges against the bishops, relating to their courts, fees, injudicious appointments and abusive treatment of heretics, which combined to cause an unprecedented and " marvellous disorder of the godly quiet, peace and tranquillity" of the realm.

  • The aim was to provoke true Godly jealousy - not to start a war among believers.

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