yogi

noun

variants also yogin
Definition of yoginext
as in guru

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Recent Examples of yogi 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 Once a hilltop hotel, the estate and its gardens were converted in 1950 into a spiritual center by the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. — Ezra Marcus, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yogi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yogi
  1. guru
  2. swami
  3. mahatma
  4. thinker
  5. rabbi
  6. teacher
  7. intellectual
  8. pandit
Noun
  • Offensive guru Brian Daboll was pretty incompetent as the Giants’ coach and hit the bricks, and in walks Super Bowl winning coach John Harbaugh.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • And travel guru Rick Steves reminded us that jet lag is not something that simply has a learning curve.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Definition of guru
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  • 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
  • But a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in a Delhi park seemed girded for the struggle ahead: Antipollution campaigners had fitted the mahatma with a respirator mask.
    — BROOK LARMER, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
Definition of mahatma
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  • Yet for some thinkers today the involuntary dispersion of the Jews (galut or golah) is articulated as being inherently different from the voluntary exile of the Jews (diaspora or tfutsot).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • In his heyday in 18th-century England and Europe, naturalist George Forster was a popular figure who influenced scientists, poets, and other thinkers.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026
Definition of thinker
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  • As the rabbi prayed, the executioner secured the five leather straps.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • His opponent, Stephanie Ruskay, struggled to articulate a clear rationale for her candidacy — one week running as a mom, the next as a rabbi.
    — Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Definition of rabbi
Noun
  • Presley told the Board of Managers that over the last few months, the district has hired 142 uncertified teachers.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • For fans, watching players who are college students, doctors, teachers and company workers is part of the appeal – and a contrast with the Chinese Super League.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Joanne Freeman, Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Kevin Kruse have become a new class of liberal public intellectuals, translating the past into political commentary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Childers, an associate professor of history at Colorado State University, said his concern is that, since the late 1970s, conservative intellectuals have pushed to privatize the park even further.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 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

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