Spiritual meaning

What does “spiritual” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“spiritual” is a noun and adjective with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States.

spiritual

noun

  1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

adjective

  1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

    “religious texts”

    “a member of a religious order”

    Synonymsreligious
  2. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

    “a spiritual approach to life”

    “spiritual fulfillment”

    Synonymsunearthly
  3. lacking material body or form or substance

    “spiritual beings”

    “the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm”

  4. resembling or characteristic of a phantom

    “a ghostly face at the window”

    “a phantasmal presence in the room”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University