Need another word that means the same as “bless”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “bless” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bless” are: consecrate, hallow, sanctify, sign, ask god's favour for, ask god's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on, endow, favour, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present, praise, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, dedicate, dedicate to god, make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to god, give thanks for, express gratitude for, be grateful for
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bless” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| adore | Love and respect (someone) deeply. He adored his mother. |
| ask god's favour for | Require or ask for as a price or condition. |
| ask god's protection for | Direct or put; seek an answer to. |
| be grateful for | Be identical or equivalent to. |
| bestow | Bestow a quality on. Bestow an honor on someone. |
| consecrate | Dedicate to a deity by a vow. The present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845. |
| dedicate | Inscribe or address by way of compliment. She dedicated her book to her parents. |
| dedicate to god | Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. |
| devote to god | Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use. |
| endow | Furnish with an endowment. I had two brothers who were both better endowed than me. |
| entrust | Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone. I ve been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back. |
| exalt | Think or speak very highly of (someone or something. Exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King s adviser. |
| express gratitude for | Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. |
| favour | Treat (an injured limb) gently, not putting one’s full weight on it. Slashing public spending is a policy that few politicians favour. |
| furnish | Be a source of; provide. The proprietor has furnished the bedrooms in a variety of styles. |
| give a benediction for | Transmit (knowledge or skills. |
| give thanks for | Accord by verdict. |
| give thanks to | Emit or utter. |
| glorify | Praise glorify or honor. Glorify one s spouse s cooking. |
| grace | (of a person or thing) be an attractive presence in or on; adorn. He is one of the best players ever to have graced the game. |
| hallow | Honour as holy. A theatre is a sort of church hallowing the land on which it sits by its very presence. |
| honour | Accept (a bill) or pay (a cheque) when due. Make sure the franchisees honour the terms of the contract. |
| invoke happiness on | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. |
| make holy | Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way. |
| make sacred | Reach in time. |
| pay homage to | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services. |
| pay tribute to | Discharge or settle. |
| praise | Express one’s respect and gratitude towards (a deity), especially in song. The parents praised their children for their academic performance. |
| present | Represent abstractly for example in a painting drawing or sculpture. We presented the arguments to him. |
| provide | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for permit to be attainable or cause to remain. Neither will provide answers to these problems. |
| reverence | Regard with feelings of respect and reverence consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. The many divine beings reverenced by Hindu tradition. |
| sanctify | Render holy by means of religious rites. A small shrine was built to sanctify the site. |
| set apart | Arrange attractively. |
| sign | Mark or consecrate with the sign of the cross. Things haven t changed since I signed in the summer. |
| venerate | Regard with great respect; revere. Philip of Beverley was venerated as a saint. |
| worship | Show devotion to (a deity. Many Hindus worship Shiva. |
| accursed | Used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something. This accursed country. |
| anoint | Choose by or as if by divine intervention. Samuel anointed him king. |
| believing | The cognitive process that leads to convictions. Seeing is believing. |
| benedict | United States anthropologist (1887-1948. |
| bible | A book regarded as authoritative in its field. |
| blaspheme | Speak irreverently about God or sacred things. He has blasphemed against the Holy Spirit. |
| canonize | Place in or regard as belonging to a canon of literary or artistic works. He canonizes women. |
| church | Perform a special church rite or service for. The separation of church and state. |
| consecrate | Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose. After the priest had consecrated the bread and wine it was immortal and divine. |
| cursed | Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier. His cursed tidy mindedness. |
| deity | The creator and supreme being (in a monotheistic religion such as Christianity. A ruler driven by delusions of deity. |
| divinity | The study of religion; theology. Ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs. |
| glorify | Praise glorify or honor. A football video glorifying violence. |
| hallowed | Greatly revered and honoured. Jerusalem s hallowed soil. |
| holy | Used in exclamations of surprise or dismay. The holy month of Ramadan. |
| idolatrous | Blindly or excessively devoted or adoring. America s idolatrous worship of the auto. |
| orison | A prayer. |
| pantheistic | Of or relating to pantheism. |
| pantheon | (antiquity) a temple to all the gods. The deities of the Hindu pantheon. |
| pray | Address a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer. Ladies and gentlemen pray be seated. |
| priestess | A woman priest. |
| sacred | Devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person. Sacred rites. |
| sacrosanct | (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with. The individual s right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct. |
| saint | Declare a dead person to be a saint. The sandy shores of the River Nid where Holy Olaf s bones were laid to rest before he had been sainted. |
| sanctify | Make legitimate or binding by a religious ceremony. May God sanctify his soul. |
| theism | The doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods. There are many different forms of theism. |
| theologian | Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology. |
| theological | Relating to the study of the nature of God and religious belief. Theological and pastoral training. |
| worship | The activity of worshipping. Ancestor worship. |
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