Islamic

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/ɪsˈlɑːmɪk//ɪzˈlɑːmɪk//ɪzˈlæmɪk/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

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Meanings

adjectiveIslamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic)

comparative more Islamic · superlative most Islamic · alternative Islāmic

  1. Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

    Muslims were recognized [in Bosnia and Hercegovina] as an ethnic nationality in 1969. Today the republic is 40 percent Islamic.

    1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 105
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    Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.

    2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: Muslim, Muslimistic, Muslimic, Muslimish, Muslimly, Muslamic

nounIslamic (plural Islamics)

plural Islamics · alternative Islāmic

  1. UScolloquialAn Islamist.

    This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.

    2008, John Hagee, Financial Armageddon, Frontline, →ISBN, page 72

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to or supporting Islamism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  5. LatinIslāmus
  6. New Latinislāmicusder.?
  7. Frenchislamiqueder.?
  8. EnglishIslamic

From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic إِسْلَامِيّ
  • إِسْلَامِيّ (ʔislāmiyy)related to Islam
Basque islamiko
  • islamikorelated to Islam
Bengali ইসলামী, ইসলামি
  • ইসলামী (islami)related to Islam
  • ইসলামি (islami)related to Islam
Bulgarian исля́мски, мохамеда́нски
  • исля́мски (isljámski)related to Islam
  • мохамеда́нски (mohamedánski)related to Islam
  • мюсюлма́нски (mjusjulmánski)related to Islam
Catalan islàmic
  • islàmicrelated to Islam
Chinese Mandarin 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教, 伊斯蘭的 /伊斯兰的
  • 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 (Yīsīlán jiào)related to Islam
  • 伊斯蘭的 /伊斯兰的 (Yīsīlán de)related to Islam
Czech islámský
  • islámskýrelated to Islam
Danish islamisk
  • islamiskrelated to Islam
Dutch islamitisch
  • islamitischrelated to Islam
Esperanto islama
  • islamarelated to Islam
Estonian islami
  • islamirelated to Islam
Finnish islamilainen
  • islamilainenrelated to Islam
French islamique
  • islamiquerelated to Islam
German islamisch
  • islamischrelated to Islam
Greek ισλαμικός
  • ισλαμικός (islamikós)related to Islam
Hebrew אִסְלָאמִי
  • אִסְלָאמִי (islami)related to Islam
Hindi इस्लामी, इसलामी
  • इस्लामी (islāmī)related to Islam
  • इसलामी (islāmī)related to Islam
  • इस्लामिया (islāmiyā)related to Islam
  • इसलामिया (islāmiyā)related to Islam
Hungarian iszlám, mohamedán
  • iszlámrelated to Islam
  • mohamedánrelated to Islam
Icelandic íslamskur
  • íslamskurrelated to Islam
Indonesian Islam
  • Islamrelated to Islam
Irish Ioslamach
  • Ioslamachrelated to Islam
Italian islamico
  • islamicorelated to Islam
Japanese イスラム教の
  • イスラム教の (Isuramu kyō no)related to Islam
Korean 이슬람교의
  • 이슬람교의 (iseullamgyoui)related to Islam
Latvian islāma
  • islāmarelated to Islam
Lithuanian islamo, islamiškas
  • islamorelated to Islam
  • islamiškasrelated to Islam
Malay Islam
  • Islamrelated to Islam
Norwegian Bokmål islamsk
  • islamskrelated to Islam
Polish islamski, islamicki
  • islamskirelated to Islam
  • islamickirelated to Islam
  • islamicznyrelated to Islam
Portuguese islâmico, muçulmano
  • islâmicorelated to Islam
  • muçulmanorelated to Islam
Punjabi ਇਸਲਾਮੀ, اِسْلامی
  • ਇਸਲਾਮੀ (isalāmī)related to Islam
  • اِسْلامی (īslāmī)related to Islam
Romanian islamic
  • islamicrelated to Islam
Russian исла́мский, мусульма́нский
  • исла́мский (islámskij)related to Islam
  • мусульма́нский (musulʹmánskij)related to Islam
  • магомета́нский (magometánskij)related to Islam
Slovak islamský
  • islamskýrelated to Islam
Spanish islámico
  • islámicorelated to Islam
Swahili Kiislamu
  • Kiislamurelated to Islam
Swedish islamisk, islamsk
  • islamiskrelated to Islam
  • islamskrelated to Islam
Tamil இஸ்லாமிய
  • இஸ்லாமிய (islāmiya)related to Islam
Thai อิสลาม
  • อิสลาม (ìt-sà-laam)related to Islam
Turkish İslami
  • İslamirelated to Islam
Ukrainian ісла́мський, мусульма́нський
  • ісла́мський (islámsʹkyj)related to Islam
  • мусульма́нський (musulʹmánsʹkyj)related to Islam
  • магомета́нський (mahometánsʹkyj)related to Islam
Urdu اِسْلامی
  • اِسْلامی (islāmī)related to Islam
Vietnamese Hồi giáo
  • Hồi giáorelated to Islam
Welsh Islamaidd
  • Islamaiddrelated to Islam
Yiddish איסלאַמיש
  • איסלאַמיש (islamish)related to Islam

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Islamic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic

MLA

“Islamic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic.

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