Synonyms & related words for sacrilege

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of sacrilege — including profanation, desecration, blasphemy, profaneness, impiousness, impiety. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to sacrilege

Explore words related to sacrilege — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include sacrilegious, blasphemous, sacrilegiously, blasphemously, profaning, blaspheming, desecrator, profanatory. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for sacrilege

Common synonyms for sacrilege include profanation, desecration, blasphemy, profaneness, impiousness, impiety, irreverence, heresy — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does sacrilege come from?

The word sacrilege breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sacr-, from Latin sacer (“sacred, holy”); and -leg, from Latin lego (“gather, steal”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.