Synonyms for Gospel
ˈgɒs pəlgospel

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1. Gospel, Gospels, evangelnoun

   the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

   Synonyms:
   gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

2. gospel, gospel truthnoun

   an unquestionable truth

   "his word was gospel"

   Synonyms:
   gospel, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

3. gospel, gospel singingnoun

   folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

   Synonyms:
   gospel, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

4. religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creednoun

   the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

   Synonyms:
   religious doctrine, evangel, gospel singing, credo, creed, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel

5. gospelnoun

   a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

   "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"

   Synonyms:
   gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

Matched Categories

1. • A Cappella Singing
   • Doctrine
   • Folk Music
   • Sacred Text
   • Truth

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1. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] christianity, revelation by christ, christian religion, divine revelation, the cross

2. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   history of christ (as given in the New Testament by one evangelist or collectively by all)

3. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   doctrine, creed, principle of action

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1. List of paraphrases for "gospel":

   evangelical, evangelism

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1. Elizabeth Warren:

   For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats, great rhetoric -- except that the trade deals they negotiated mainly lifted the yachts -- and threw millions of working Americans overboard to drown.

2. Henry Louis Mencken:

   A sound American is simply one who has put out of his mind all doubts and questionings, and who accepts instantly, and as incontrovertible gospel, the whole body of official doctrine of his day, whatever it may be and no matter how often it may change. The instant he challenges it, no matter how timorously and academically, he ceases by that much to be a loyal and creditable citizen of the republic.

3. Thomas Groome:

   The pope is commissioned to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s his job, so when he was asked a direct question, he gave Trump the benefit of the doubt, he said we have to be sure he said this, but if he said this, it is not Christian.

4. Mark Milley:

   This is a Reichstag moment, the gospel of the Fuhrer.

5. Kate Bowler:

   When I first started studying( the prosperity gospel), it was considered this sort of late-night TV preacher with greasy hair, ripping off a widow in Florida kind of reputation.