What does "sannyasi" mean?

A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.

What is a synonym for "sannyasi"?

Common synonyms include: abstainer, albigensian, anchorite, ascetic, ascetic, bairagi.

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Noun

1
A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant. Hinduism
"Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi."
2
a Hindu religious mendicant wordnet

"Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi."

Via Hindi संन्यासी (sannyāsī), ultimately from Sanskrit संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin).