Synonyms of nonreligious

nonreligious

adjective

ˌnän-ri-ˈli-jəs 

1

as in atheistic

lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices

grew up in a nonreligious family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• atheistic
• atheistical
• irreligious
• godless
• pagan
• religionless
• secular
• unchurched
• agnostic
• blasphemous
• irreverent
• churchless
• heathen
• sacrilegious
• impious
• ungodly
• unholy
• temporal
• worldly
• paganish
• unconsecrated
• profanatory
• unhallowed
• profane

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• religious
• pious
• devout
• holy
• reverent
• godly
• prayerful
• worshipful
• saintly
• worshiping
• worshipping
• sainted
• sanctimonious
• spiritual
• sacred
• God-fearing
• sacrosanct
• consecrated
• devotional
• blest
• sanctified
• blessed
• hallowed

2

as in secular

not involving religion or religious matters

a display of nonreligious holiday decorations on municipally owned property

Synonyms & Similar Words

• secular
• temporal
• physical
• irreligious
• atheistic
• profane
• pagan
• godless
• nonsectarian
• nondenominational
• mundane
• corporal
• religionless
• earthly
• lay
• laic
• worldly
• nonclerical
• terrestrial
• blasphemous
• substantial
• paganish
• bodily
• laical
• irreverent
• sacrilegious
• impious
• material
• unconsecrated
• carnal
• terrene
• unhallowed
• fleshly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• religious
• spiritual
• sacred
• divine
• holy
• pious
• devout
• sacrosanct
• metaphysical
• reverent
• godly
• consecrated
• prayerful
• worshipful
• hallowed
• insubstantial
• immaterial
• ethereal
• unsubstantial
• nonphysical
• churchly
• sanctified
• incorporeal
• bodiless

Examples of nonreligious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guerra said the church has planted seeds in nonreligious programs, like Cuba Emprende, that support entrepreneurship and run soup kitchens. —Orlando Matos, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024

More than 150 years later, its rows of Victorian homes include a mix of religious and nonreligious residents of about 3,000 people. —Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024

His government, for example, has created nonreligious holidays, such as Founding Day, that are now widely celebrated and promoted. —Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024

And for decades, Unitarian Universalist congregations, which grew out of Christian movements, have drawn on teachings from both religious and nonreligious traditions, without imposing specific creeds of their own. —CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024