Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shinto

2 senses of shinto

Sense 1
Shinto -- (the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan)
       => religion, faith, organized religion -- (an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him")

Sense 2
Shinto, Shintoism -- (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)
       => religion, faith, religious belief -- (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality")

Similarity of adj shinto

1 sense of shinto

Sense 1
Shinto, Shintoist, Shintoistic -- (relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples")