MAHATMA Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

mahatma

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as in yogi

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Noun

In particular, the Iyengar style of yoga uses a yoga chair (designed with an open back and a completely flat seat) for advanced postures like an upside-down inversion where the yogi’s shoulders rest on two chairs while their head hangs in between.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
For us, Shiva is the Adiyogi – the first yogi, and the Adiguru – the first guru.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of yogi

Noun

Play the damn game without worrying about all that swami stuff.

— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.

— Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024

Definition of swami

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Paul Mitchell, the Democratic data guru who leads the firm, said if the trends hold, turnout would hit 61%, up from 50% in 2022.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Weil Gotshal, a restructuring guru that advised Lehman Brothers, General Motors, and other big companies on the edge of collapse, is now weighing its own liquidation, the Financial Times reported and Semafor can confirm.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.

— Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.

— Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021

Definition of pandit

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Contemporary observers, including one 20th-century American rabbi, noted that many Black Jamaicans bore Jewish surnames and took pride in their heritage.

— Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
The senior rabbi at Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts, is among thousands of Israelis who flew back to the country to participate in the elections.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of rabbi

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The company named all its weapons after Ukrainian intellectuals and artists killed or persecuted by Russians in the last century.

— Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of intellectual

Noun

Reducing Gulliver’s Travels to only a topsy-turvy tale of humans both tiny and massive is to ignore the savage intellect that penned its words.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

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