Pharisee

//ˈfɛɹɪsiː//

Synonyms for "pharisee" (35 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Strong matches (11)

Related words (17)

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7 relation types

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coordinate

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derived

7 entries

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is a

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related to

8 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

61 translations across 46 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕢𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕚𐔰 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • Φαρισαῖος noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فَرِّيسِيّ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܦܪܝܫܐ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Armenian

2 entries
  • փարիսեցի noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • փարիսեցի noun (person who values form over content)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • фарисей noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fariseu noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᏆᎵᏏ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • ᎠᏉᎵᏏ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 法利塞人 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • 法利賽人 /法利赛人 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 法利塞人 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • 法利賽人 /法利赛人 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Danish

1 entries
  • farisæer noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Dutch

1 entries
  • farizeeër noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fariseo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Faroese

1 entries
  • fariseari noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Finnish

3 entries
  • farisealainen noun (person who values form over content)
  • fariseus noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • fariseus noun (person who values form over content)

French

1 entries
  • pharisien noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

German

2 entries
  • Pharisäer noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • Pharisäerin noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Greek

2 entries
  • Φαρισαίος noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • Φαρισαίος noun (person who values form over content)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • farisiiari noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • farizyen noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פָּרוּשׁ noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • farizeus noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • farísei noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • farisi noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Irish

1 entries
  • Fairisíneach noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Italian

1 entries
  • fariseo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Japanese

2 entries
  • パリサイ人 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • ファリサイ派 noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • парызшыл noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Latin

1 entries
  • Pharī̆saeus noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • fariziẽjus noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Luhya

1 entries
  • omfarisayo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • фарисеј noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Malay

1 entries
  • Farisi noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Māori

1 entries
  • Parihī noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Farisäa noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Polish

2 entries
  • faryzeusz noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • faryzeusz noun (person who values form over content)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • fariseu noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • fariseu noun (person who values form over content)

Romanian

2 entries
  • fariseu noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • fariseu noun (person who values form over content)

Russian

2 entries
  • фарисе́й noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • фарисе́й noun (person who values form over content)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fariseo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Swahili

1 entries
  • farisayo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Swedish

1 entries
  • farisé noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Pariseo noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Volapük

3 entries
  • farisetan noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • hifarisetan noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
  • jifarisetan noun (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)

Sample sentences

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"We use the word Pharisee for sanctimonious types, or for those who commit the sin of adding to scripture." "Wow; I've always called those types Christians."

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Apart from the Karaites, every Jew is a Pharisee.

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Zamenhof was a Pharisee.

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Zamenhof held with the ideas of the Pharisee sage Hillel.

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