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Spell Bee Word: spiritual


Basic Details

Word: Spiritual

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: To do with the mind, feelings and beliefs rather than the body or money, often linked to religion or prayer.

Synonyms: religious, sacred, holy

Antonyms: worldly, material

How to Spell Spiritual

Syllables: spir - i - tu - al

Tricky part: The t sounds like ch, so students write spirichual. Keep the whole word spirit and then add ual.

Watch out for: spirichual, spiritul, spritual

Memory tip: Spiritual is built like habitual: habit + ual gives habitual, and spirit + ual gives spiritual.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. spiritual home: The place where you feel you truly belong, even if you were not born there. Example: "For my uncle, the Kolkata book fair is his spiritual home."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Many families make a spiritual trip to Varanasi.

Example 2: Music can be a spiritual experience for some people.

Example 3: The monk spoke about his spiritual life in the mountains.

Fun Fact

Spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath, which is also why inspire once meant to breathe into.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) intelectual
b) spiritual
c) punctul
d) perpetaul

Show answer

b) spiritual. Spiritual keeps the whole of spirit and then adds ual.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: spiritual

a) careless
b) worldly
c) physical
d) religious

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d) religious. Religious, like spiritual, is about faith and the soul; worldly is the opposite idea.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:

spir_tu_l

a) e,e
b) u,a
c) i,a
d) e,a

Show answer

c) i,a. Spirit has two i's, and the ending here is ual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Praying quietly in a temple is a ____ activity.

a) spiritual
b) mechanical
c) athletic
d) financial

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a) spiritual

2. A spiritual leader mostly guides people about ____.

a) sports training
b) faith and the inner self
c) traffic rules
d) cooking

Show answer

b) faith and the inner self

Associated Words

shrewdimperiousdefiantretailerluggage
quietlyrespondridiculousirritablereproach

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