Synonyms of preachers

preachers

noun

plural of preacher

as in priests

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church

the marriage will be performed by our usual preacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priests
• clergymen
• pastors
• ministers
• clerics
• deacons
• bishops
• clericals
• reverends
• ecclesiastics
• divines
• fathers
• chaplains
• prelates
• clerks
• missionaries
• clergypersons
• popes
• churchmen
• archbishops
• monks
• priestesses
• dominies
• evangelists
• vicars
• abbots
• rectors
• deans
• deaconesses
• clergywomen
• presbyters
• confessors
• padres
• parsons
• shepherds
• friars
• revivalists
• curés
• missioners
• religious
• mendicants
• diocesans
• curates
• abbés
• archpriests
• Holy Joes
• monastics
• monsignors
• sky pilots
• oblates
• high priests
• missionizers
• high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laymen
• laypeople
• seculars
• lay readers
• lectors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of preachers

Videos posted on social media show street preachers speaking with multiple police officers outside the event. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Instead, there are countless influencers, preachers, and personalities who have created niche movements with their own theologies and political alignments. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Son of a Preacherman, Choi's latest work, is an autobiographical look at the writer's upbringing in a family of preachers. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

Revivalist preachers followed them. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

Comprising more than 300 folktales and legends from northern Norway, including many from the coastal Sámi and the Skolt Sámi of eastern Finland, this anthology shares narratives told by fishers, farmers, reindeer herders, lay preachers and teachers. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026

Before God, Puritan preachers taught, all human callings, all useful work, is equal. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

In another era, Pratt would have been a welcome edition to the roster of bombastic Southern California preachers a la Aimee Semple McPherson, Chuck Smith and Gene Scott, as well as radio titans such as George Putnam and John Kobylt. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026

During Muharram’s mourning period, Shiʿis gather in assemblies to hear preachers offer sermons, relate the life of Ḥusayn, and recount the events of the Battle of Karbala. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 2026