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spir·it·ual
 spiritual
- pronunciation:
- spi
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or made up of spirit, rather than the physical body or world.
- synonyms:
- immaterial, incorporeal, metaphysical
- antonyms:
- animal, carnal, material, mundane, physical, sensual, temporal
- similar words:
- bodiless, ethereal, extramundane, holy, insubstantial, psychic, spectral
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to the soul or matters of the spirit.
For some, spending time with nature has spiritual benefits.- synonyms:
- psychic
- antonyms:
- physical
- similar words:
- essential, interior, soulful
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| definition 3: |
of or pertaining to the supernatural or spirits.
- synonyms:
- otherworldly, supernatural, unearthly
- antonyms:
- earthly
- similar words:
- mystic, occult, psychic, spectral, unreal
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| definition 4: |
of or pertaining to a church or religious affairs; ecclesiastical.
- synonyms:
- churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
- antonyms:
- secular, temporal
- similar words:
- episcopal, godly, liturgical, ministerial, pastoral, pious, religious, sacerdotal, sacred
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| related words: |
internal, mystical, phantom |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the realm of the spirit or matters not concerned with the physical body or world.
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| definition 2: |
a religious song of a kind originating among black people in the southern United States.
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| derivations: |
spiritually (adv.), spiritualness (n.) |
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