yogi

noun

variants also yogin
Definition of yoginext
as in guru

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Recent Examples of yogi Fresh bowls built with vibrant vegetables and curry sauces, toasty naan melt sandwiches like the chicken tikka melt and vegan yogi with sweet chili sauce, and soups, salads and snacks will be at the store, too. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026 This is the act of a yogi controlling an eccentric contraction. — William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026 The first follows the Rajput king Ratansen of Chitor (a fortress in what is now Chittorgarh, Rajasthan), who renounces his throne and travels as a yogi (wandering ascetic) to the island kingdom of Simhal to win the legendary Padmavati. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026 For the yogi, here’s a chance to refine and renew. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yogi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yogi
  1. guru
  2. swami
  3. thinker
  4. rabbi
  5. teacher
  6. intellectual
  7. pandit
  8. intellect
Noun
  • Longtime rankings guru Loren Maxwell figured out a way to create high school football schedules with maximum competitive matchups and minimized travel … and then applied it to all 413 GHSA schools.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This was the Jack Kornfield, the mindfulness guru who wrote A Path With Heart, the book that had launched Britton’s journey into Buddhism.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of guru
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
Noun
  • Many thinkers going back two and half thousand years have argued thus.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Jewish artists and thinkers put out a statement in support of Ruffalo in face of the attacks earlier this week.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of thinker
Noun
  • Michtom had studied to become a rabbi before fleeing conscription in the Russian army.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • He was sworn in on a Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible, that had previously belonged to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, a civil rights leader and rabbi of The Temple in Atlanta from 1946 to 1973.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of rabbi
Noun
  • But the public school teachers there just received bonuses from the parish government.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martínez, a teacher’s assistant, five times and then bragged about it.
    — Jesus Chuy Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Unlike many from evangelical churches, John Calvin was a hardcore intellectual.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This is part of a series of essays drawn from the Georgetown Global Dialogues, an ongoing program convening writers and intellectuals, many from the Global South, to discuss ways of confronting our current political crises.
    — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • 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
  • The presentation was designed to work on the emotions as well as the intellect.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Children’s imaginations and intellect should be nurtured rather than broken.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellect

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“Yogi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yogi. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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