Need another word that means the same as “edifying”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “edifying” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Edifying” are: enlightening, moral, ethical, good, nice, clean, virtuous, pure, innocent, chaste
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “edifying” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| chaste | Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse. Chaste Classical symmetry. |
| clean | Ritually clean or pure. Good clean fun. |
| enlightening | Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement. An enlightening glimpse of government in action. |
| ethical | Adhering to ethical and moral principles. Had no ethical objection to drinking. |
| good | Likely to provide. I m good at crosswords. |
| innocent | Without experience or knowledge of. She is a poor innocent young creature. |
| moral | Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. Moral sense. |
| nice | Fastidious; scrupulous. That s a nice way to come into my kitchen no greeting. |
| pure | Of color being chromatically pure not diluted with white or grey or black. Cars can run on pure alcohol. |
| virtuous | Chaste (typically used of a woman). She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked. |
| actuality | The state of actually existing objectively. The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines. |
| clarify | Melt (butter) in order to separate out the water and milk solids. Clarify the butter. |
| cognizance | Range of what one can know or understand. The Renaissance cognizance of Greece was limited. |
| commiserate | To feel or express sympathy or compassion. She went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances. |
| comprehend | Get the meaning of something. He couldn t comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat. |
| comprehension | The inclusion of Nonconformists within the Established Church of England (as proposed in the 17th to 19th centuries but not adopted). The comprehension of spoken language. |
| construe | Make sense of; assign a meaning to. His words could hardly be construed as an apology. |
| crystallize | Assume crystalline form become crystallized. The sale may not crystallize the charge. |
| elucidate | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. In what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be. |
| empathize | Be understanding of. Counsellors need to be able to empathize with people. |
| enlighten | Give spiritual insight to; in religion. The Holy Spirit enlightened the Apostles. |
| enlightened | Spiritually aware. We become enlightened in our relationship with God. |
| eureka | An alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire. |
| explain | Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts. They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals. |
| explicate | Make plain and comprehensible. These essays seek to explicate and contextualize Kristeva s writings. |
| grasp | The act of grasping. His grasp of detail. |
| interpret | Give an interpretation or explanation to. The evidence is difficult to interpret. |
| intuitively | Without conscious reasoning; instinctively. They intuitively understood each other. |
| know | Know how to do or perform something. I know that the President lied to the people. |
| perceivable | Capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing. Perceivable through the mist. |
| plain | Unmistakably plain is often used informally for plainly. There were indrawn breaths at such plain speaking. |
| realize | Convert (an asset) into cash. He realized his mistake at once. |
| recognize | Show official appreciation of; reward formally. The defence is recognized in British law. |
| savvy | Get the meaning of something. These fashion savvy consumers are not afraid of taking risks with little known designers. |
| spiritually | In a spiritual manner. A spiritually uplifting film. |
| sympathize | Agree with a sentiment, opinion, or ideology. It is easy to understand and sympathize with his predicament. |
| translate | Restate (words) from one language into another language. Braque translated collage into oil. |
| understand | Be understanding of. I understand how you feel. |
| understandable | To be expected; natural, reasonable, or forgivable. Though his accent was strange the words were perfectly understandable. |
| understanding | Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy. An understanding friend. |
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