godliness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈɡɑdlinəs/ UK /ˈɡɒdlinəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being devoutly religious or righteous Cleanliness, they say, is next to godliness. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... pietydevoutnessholinessrighteousnesssaintlinessdevotion ↔ Opposites impietyungodlinesswickednesssinfulness Word family Related forms godlygodgodlike Etymology AI details From godly + -ness. Godly is from god + -ly, from Old English god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. god Old English *gudą Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # godliness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑdlinəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɒdlinəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being devoutly religious or righteous ## Examples - Cleanliness, they say, is next to godliness. ## Synonyms - piety - devoutness - holiness - righteousness - saintliness - devotion ## Antonyms - impiety - ungodliness - wickedness - sinfulness ## Related Forms - godly - god - godlike ## Roots and Affixes - Root: god - Root: *gudą ## Etymology From godly + -ness. Godly is from god + -ly, from Old English god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. ## AI Etymology Godliness is from godly + -ness. Godly is from god + -ly, from Old English god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Important recorded forms include god (Old English) and *gudą (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being devoutly religious or righteous. The wider family includes related words such as godly, god, and godlike. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown