PREACHER Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

preacher

noun

ˈprē-chər

as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the marriage will be performed by our usual preacher

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Recent Examples of preacher Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee. —

Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026 Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical preacher, was arrested in May 2021 by police in Brandon, Mississippi, for protesting outside of a city amphitheater with a group. —

Julian Mark, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026 Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world. —

Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026 And the preacher pranced around the stage. —

Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preacher

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Sebastian Kneipp, a 19th century German Catholic priest and early pioneer of naturopathy, promoted nature exposure, water therapy and barefoot walking as exercise and a way to stimulate circulation and support overall health, including immune function.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Father Ludovic Lado, a priest from Cameroon, expressed apprehension — shared by opposition groups — that this could pave the way for dynastic succession.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026