Definition of spiritual

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • spiritual is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • spiritual is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • spiritual is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of spiritual


  • a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. negro spiritual
  • concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church (adjective)

    Examples

    1. lords temporal and spiritual
    2. spiritual leaders
    3. spiritual songs

    Synonyms

    1. religious
  • resembling or characteristic of a phantom (adjective)

    Examples

    1. spiritual tappings at a seance

    Synonyms

    1. apparitional
    2. ghostlike
    3. ghostly
    4. phantasmal
    5. spectral
  • concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a spiritual approach to life
    2. spiritual fulfillment
    3. spiritual values

    Synonyms

    1. unearthly
  • lacking material body or form or substance (adjective)

    Examples

    1. spiritual beings
    2. the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm

See definition of spiritual in Merriam Webster