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Synonyms for shepherd
ˈʃɛp ərdshep·herd

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Wiktionary1.0 / 2 votes

  1. shepherdnoun

    Synonyms:
    sheepherder

  2. shepherdnoun

    To watch over; to guide

    Synonyms:
    sheepherder

  3. shepherdnoun

    For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.

    The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; -- The Bible, Psalms 23:1

    Synonyms:
    sheepherder

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. shepherdnoun

    a clergyman who watches over a group of people

    Synonyms:
    sheepherder, sheepman

  2. sheepherder, shepherd, sheepmanverb

    a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

    Synonyms:
    sheepherder, sheepman

  3. shepherdverb

    watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

  4. shepherdverb

    tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shepherdnoun

    Synonyms:
    herdsman (of sheep)

  2. shepherdnoun

    Synonyms:
    swain, rural lover

  3. shepherdnoun

    Synonyms:
    pastor, minister, clergyman

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. shepherdnoun

    Synonyms:
    pastor, pastoralist

    Associated words:
    bucolic, pastoral, staff, crook

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "shepherd":

    berger, pastor, pasteur, preacher, priest

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How to use shepherd in a sentence?

  1. Parsons Police:

    She left her purebred German shepherd in a fenced backyard with water, food, outbuilding, and it was an unseasonably beautiful day here in Parsons, about 73 degrees outside. She went to lay down, caught some shut-eye, woke up, went outside and she found the carcass of her beautiful little puppy, the head had been severed, the head has not yet been recovered. And also we found the muzzle of the animal.

  2. Latin Proverb:

    It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

  3. Northrop Frye:

    The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

  4. Cleveland Clinic:

    Her contractions were about 10 minutes apart, so [Shepherd] and I began to monitor her vital signs and keep her comfortable.

  5. Robert Cole:

    On the gemstone is engraved an image of the ‘Good Shepherd,’ which is really one of the earliest symbols of Christianity.


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