Synonyms of the word

saint

• n. A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a…
• n. (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
• n. One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
• n. One of the blessed in heaven.
• n. (archaic) A holy object.
• v. (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

adjudge

• v. To declare to be.
• v. To deem or determine to be.
• v. To award judicially; to assign.

angel

• n. A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
• n. (Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
• n. A selfless person.
• n. (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
• n. An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or…
• n. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
• n. (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
• n. (historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying…
• n. (colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
• n. An angel investor.
• v. (transitive, slang) To support by donating money.
• n. (informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome.

apotheosis

• n. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
• n. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
• n. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
• n. The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the…
• n. Loosely, release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
• n. (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego…

canonise

• v. Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.

canonize

• v. (transitive) To establish as a formal, standard rule.
• v. (transitive) To declare (a person) as a saint.
• v. (transitive) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honour.

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

deity

• n. The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
• n. A divine being; a god or goddess.

divinity

• n. (uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
• n. (countable) A deity.
• n. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
• n. (uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
• n. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

enshrine

• v. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
• v. (transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially…
• v. To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty.

fear

• n. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
• n. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
• n. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
• v. (transitive) To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
• v. (intransitive) To feel fear (about something).
• v. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
• v. (transitive) Regret.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
• adj. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

god

• n. A deity.
• n. Alternative letter-case form of God.
• n. An idol.
• n. (figuratively) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
• n. (figuratively) A powerful ruler or tyrant.
• n. (colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man.
• n. (Internet) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
• p.n. (very rare) Alternative form of God.
• v. To idolize.
• v. To deify.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

ideal

• adj. Optimal; being the best possibility.
• adj. Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
• adj. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
• adj. Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
• adj. Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
• adj. (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
• n. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
• n. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary…

immortal

• adj. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
• adj. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
• adj. Connected with or relating to immortality.
• adj. (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
• n. One who is not susceptible to death.
• n. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
• n. A member of the Académie française.
• n. (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.

model

• n. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also…
• n. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given…
• n. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
• n. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
• n. A style, type, or design.
• n. The structural design of a complex system.
• n. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
• n. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
• n. (logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called…
• n. A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
• n. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
• n. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
• n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
• n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…
• adj. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
• v. (transitive) To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the…
• v. (transitive) To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
• v. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
• v. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
• v. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
• v. (intransitive) To be a model of any kind.

nonesuch

• n. A person or thing with no equal.
• n. Lychnis chalcedonica.

nonpareil

• adj. Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.
• n. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
• n. (US) A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.
• n. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.
• n. A smaller grade of caper.
• n. (uncountable, dated, printing) The size of type between agate and minion, standardized as 6-point.

nonsuch

• n. Alternative spelling of nonesuch.

paragon

• n. A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model of some given (especially positive) quality.
• n. (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal.
• n. (obsolete) Comparison; competition.
• n. (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
• n. A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
• v. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
• v. To compare with; to equal; to rival.
• v. To serve as a model for; to surpass.
• v. To be equal; to hold comparison.

revere

• v. (transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
• v. (transitive) To venerate someone or something as an idol.
• n. a revers.

reverence

• n. Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
• n. An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
• n. The state of being revered.
• n. A form of address for some members of the clergy.
• n. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
• v. To show reverence.

venerate

• v. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference.
• v. (transitive) To revere or hold in awe.