rabbi

noun

Definition of rabbinext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of rabbi The show follows Joanne (Kristen Bell), an agnostic Angeleno who hosts a dating podcast with her sister, who falls for a Jewish rabbi Noah (Adam Brody). — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 DeGroot is a rabbi based in Detroit and the director of the Shalom Center. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026 The 46-year-old actor, who stars as Noah, a young rabbi in love with Kristen Bell’s character, Joanne, in the Netflix series Nobody Wants This, has been married to Meester since 2014. — Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026 Joanne is also taking an Intro to Judaism class (taught by Sarah Silverman’s Rabbi Eden) to get a better handle on Noah’s work as a rabbi. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rabbi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbi
  1. teacher
  2. thinker
  3. intellectual
  4. yogi
  5. intellect
  6. sage
  7. guru
  8. wizard
Noun
  • Another area district leadership pointed to in this year’s results was a significant increase compared to the year prior in the number of teachers with fewer than 10 absences.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • His father worked at a wholesaler for industrial bakeries; his mother was a kindergarten teacher.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • In lieu of meaningful financial and intellectual compensation, any thinkers of such caliber today might understandably find arts criticism unworthy of their time and/or just share it to their Letterboxd for free.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But progressive foreign policy thinkers are often more skeptical of economic confrontation and favor closer ties with China.
    — THOMAS WRIGHT, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of thinker
Noun
  • The trend toward treating it as a celebrity hobby or a passion project is symptomatic of the current wider social phobia of experts and intellectuals.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Activists abroad have expressed concern about deportees returning to Iran, whose theocracy has been cracking down on intellectuals and where the government vociferously cracks down on any dissent.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of intellectual
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
  • And when the stakes are highest, Reina knows to trust her heart as well as her intellect.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of intellect
Noun
  • The Lithuanian sage’s teachings are followed by Jews across Orthodox movements.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Stir in 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped (this will give it a head start to take off the raw edge), then add bacon, zest and juice of 1 large lemon, 3 sprigs sage, and 2 Tbsp.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sage
Noun
  • Jontay began to enjoy a reputation in the league as a market guru.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Julian Brodsky, a cable TV pioneer and financial guru who was a co-founding partner of Comcast more than 60 years ago, has died.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of guru
Noun
  • Among the counties now favoring Colom is Forrest County, home to Hattiesburg and named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Forrest County’s Competing Legacies Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Tennessee slave trader who became a Confederate general, later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.
    — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of wizard

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