catholic
Plural: catholics
Noun
- A member of the universal Christian Church, or the Roman Catholic Church.
- a member of a Catholic church
Adjective
- of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
- "the Catholic Church"
Adjective Satellite
- free from provincial prejudices or attachments
- "catholic in one's tastes"
Adj
- Universal; all-encompassing.
- Alternative letter-case form of Catholic.
- Common or prevalent; especially universally prevalent.
- Embracing all.
- Universally applicable.
- Of universal human interest or use.
Examples
- His play of CATHOLIC spanned across the board, connecting disparate letters universally.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).
Synonyms
across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, catholic, comprehensive, dishomogeneous, diverse, diversified, eclectic, ecumenical, exhaustive, general, generic, heterogeneous, liberal, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, multifold, nonsingular, nonspecific, overall, sundry, sweeping, thorough, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific, variable, varied, various
Scrabble Score: 15
catholic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcatholic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
catholic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary