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Synonyms for pope

  • noun

Most common

bull-finch ruff pontiff puffin painted bunting wheat weevil red-backed shrike common bullfinch

All synonyms

Noun

pontiff, bull-finch, puffin, ruff, painted bunting, wheat weevil, red-backed shrike, common bullfinch

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

    Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.

Related words

Word family
popedom popery popish popism popist popess
Phrases
pope's nose
Is a kind of
cleric

Forms

Plural
popes → pontiffs, bull-finches, puffins, ruffs…

Example sentences

  • ruff That dog has been barking 'Ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff!' all day long.
  • pontiff With Caesar as the greatest pontiff, the Romans obtained a new calendar.
  • puffin What's the difference between a puffin and a penguin?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
poperising
ruffrising
pontiffrising
puffinrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
ruff1
6 letters
puffin2
7 letters
pontiff2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puffin2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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Italiano
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Español
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