mahatma

noun

Definition of mahatmanext
as in yogi

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Recent Examples of mahatma 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mahatma
  1. yogi
  2. swami
  3. guru
  4. pandit
  5. rabbi
  6. intellectual
  7. intellect
Noun
  • By automating these time-consuming tasks, the professional yogi can focus on higher-impact activities like client sessions and program development, all while building their online presence.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The image serves as evidence that Parks, who was born in 1913 and lived to 92, was a true yogi.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Definition of yogi
Noun
  • 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
  • The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
    — BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
Definition of swami
Noun
  • He’s got long arms (33 1/2″), big hands (9 7/8″) and a prototype frame (6-4, 315) that’d give offensive line guru Jeff Stoutland plenty to work with.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The quads feature blush, highlighter and yes, even the brand’s coveted Laguna bronzer, all packaged in stripes inspired by the umbrellas along Biarritz, France, one of the beauty guru’s most beloved destinations.
    — Jackie Fields, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of guru
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
  • Dana Magat is senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El and co-founder of Silicon Valley Faith Leaders Collaborative.
    — Rabbi Dana Magat, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That rabbi ultimately visited Shirley at her new home outside Asheville and, this winter, gave a moving eulogy at Shirley’s funeral.
    — Ester Bloom, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of rabbi
Noun
  • There were radicals, activists, intellectuals as well as common criminals, the usual power brokers, and always a mob lurking in the background.
    — Phil Terrana, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
  • During the Cold War, political parties, trade unions, intellectuals, civil-society organizations, and even religious leaders forged transnational ties in defense of democratic ideas—remember the AFL-CIO’s embrace of Poland’s Solidarity movement?
    — Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The main theme is not just about the religious persecution of the truth, but rather the conflict between the church and the pursuit of knowledge and humanity’s intellect.
    — Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of intellect

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