SWAMI Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

swami

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as in yogi

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Recent Examples of swami 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 In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees. — Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022 Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020 The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003. — Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami. — Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019

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Noun

For us, Shiva is the Adiyogi – the first yogi, and the Adiguru – the first guru.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Ahead, here is everything to know about the social worker, yogi, and former makeup artist who brought Meghan Markle into the world.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 July 2026

Definition of yogi

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For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
After countless acid trips, Alpert visited an Indian guru who practiced Bhakti yoga.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of guru

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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

Noun

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
Following his opera career, Schachtel’s father became a cantor and married a granddaughter of Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, a rabbi of Grodno, after whom the seminary of Yeshiva University is named.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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