Synonyms for monk
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1. monk, monasticnoun

   a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

   Synonyms:
   monastic

2. Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monknoun

   United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

   Synonyms:
   monastic

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1. • Jazz Musician
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1. monknoun

   Synonyms:
   religious, monastic, cenobite, anchoret, friar, abbé, fakir

   Associated words:
   monkish, monastic, monastery, monasticism, conventual

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1. List of paraphrases for "monk":

   moine, friar, monks, monaco, munch, guru, moines

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1. Penpa Tsering:

   His holiness has always lived in sanctity, (following the life of) a Buddhist monk, including celibacy. His years of spiritual practice have gone beyond sensorial pleasures, his holiness is now being labeled all kinds of names.

2. AiR:

   If there is Garbage in your Mind, and it’s full of junk, it’s time to Tame your ‘Monkey Mind’, and make it into a Monk!

3. Umberto Eco:

   I felt like poisoning a monk.

4. Caitlin McDonough:

   Julia Monk really need to go through those assumptions and test the costs and benefits of both behaviors in a system.

5. Charoenpol Rattanaweerachon:

   I think he helped the children a lot, being a novice monk for 10 years.