'Orthodox' definitions:
Definition of 'Orthodox'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism" [syn: Orthodox, Jewish-Orthodox]
adjective
Adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" [ant: unorthodox]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox]
Synonyms of 'orthodox'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- accordant,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- anal,
- approved,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- being done,
- bourgeois,
- button-down,
- canonical,
- canonist,
- Christian,
- comme il faut,
- common,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformable,
- conformist,
- conservative,
- conventional,
- correct,
- corresponding,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- die-hard,
- doctrinal,
- dour,
- established,
- evangelical,
- faithful,
- firm,
- fogyish,
- formal,
- formalistic,
- fundamentalist,
- hard,
- harmonious,
- hidebound,
- impliable,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- kosher,
- literal,
- meet,
- muscle-bound,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- of the faith,
- official,
- old-line,
- ordinary,
- orthodox Christian,
- Orthodox Jew,
- orthodoxical,
- orthodoxist,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- popular,
- precisianistic,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- procrustean,
- proper,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- reactionary,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- relentless,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- sanctioned,
- scriptural,
- seemly,
- sound,
- square,
- standard,
- stiff,
- straight,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- Sunni Muslim,
- textual,
- textualist,
- textuary,
- the orthodox,
- tory,
- traditional,
- traditionalist,
- traditionalistic,
- true,
- true believer,
- true-blue,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- uptight
Words containing 'Orthodox'
- eastern orthodox,
- greek orthodox,
- orthodox church,
- orthodox jew,
- orthodox judaism,
- orthodox sleep,
- russian orthodox,
- Russian Orthodox Church,
- eastern orthodox church,
- greek orthodox church,
- jewish-orthodox,
- orthodox catholic church,
- orthodox vs unorthodox,
- armenian apostolic orthodox church,
- The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church