Sir

//sɝ//

Synonyms for "sir" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (5)

Proper Noun(1 words)

Related words (7)

Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(2 words)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Translations

195 translations across 84 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • zotëri noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μακάριε noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَفَنْدِي noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • أُسْتَاذ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • بَاشَا noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • حَضْرَتَك noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Armenian

2 entries
  • Սըր noun (title)
  • պարոն noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • ağa noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • cənab noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • efendi noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • واجہ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пан noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • спада́р noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জনাব noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • господи́н noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • господи́н noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ခင်ဗျာ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ဆာ noun (title)
  • ရှင် noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ဦး noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Catalan

1 entries
  • senyor noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کاک noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Chinese

2 entries
  • щянсын noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • 先生 noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 先生 noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • noun (address to a military superior)
  • 阿蛇 noun (address to a military superior)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 先生 noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • 爵士 noun (title)

Czech

3 entries
  • pan noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • pane noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • pán noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Danish

2 entries
  • herre noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • hr. noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Dari

2 entries
  • آقَا noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • جَنَاب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Dutch

4 entries
  • heer noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • meneer noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • meneer noun (address to a military superior)
  • meneer noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sinjoro noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Estonian

1 entries
  • härra noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Finnish

3 entries
  • herra noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • herra noun (address to a military superior)
  • herra noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

French

1 entries
  • monsieur noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Friulian

3 entries
  • missâr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • signôr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • siôr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Galician

2 entries
  • señor noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • señor noun (address to a military superior)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბატონო noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • სერ noun (title)

German

2 entries
  • Herr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • mein Herr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Greek

4 entries
  • Σέρ noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • Σέρ noun (title)
  • κύριε noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • κύριος noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • konpè noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • mesye noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֲדוֹנִי noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • המפקד noun (address to a military superior)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जनाब noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • महोदय noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • श्री noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • श्रीमान noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • uram noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • úr noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • uraz verb (to address (someone) using "sir")

Icelandic

1 entries
  • herra noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • tuan noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ustaz noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • آقا noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • جَناب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Italian

3 entries
  • signore noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • signore noun (address to a military superior)
  • signore noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Japanese

4 entries
  • お兄さん noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • サー noun (title)
  • noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • noun (title)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • мырза noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភោ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Korean

4 entries
  • noun (title)
  • noun (title)
  • 선생님 noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • аке noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • байке noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • господин noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • мырза noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Lao

2 entries
  • ທ່ານ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ທ່ານເອີຽ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Latin

2 entries
  • domine noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • dominus noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kungs noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • sers noun (man of a higher rank or position)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • ponas noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • ponas noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • pone noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • Сер noun (title)
  • го́сподин noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • госпо́дине noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Malay

2 entries
  • tuan noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ustaz noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠠᡤᡠ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Marathi

1 entries
  • सर noun (title)

Middle English

1 entries
  • sire noun (man of a higher rank or position)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • ноён noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Mwali Comorian

1 entries
  • bwana noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Māori

2 entries
  • noun (title)
  • noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Ndzwani Comorian

1 entries
  • mwenye noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Nepali

2 entries
  • श्री noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • श्रीमान noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • birêz noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • efendî noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • kek noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • mîrza noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • herre noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Occitan

1 entries
  • senhor noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Pashto

4 entries
  • آغا noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • آقا noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • صاحب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ښاغلى noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Persian

1 entries
  • سر noun (title)

Polish

3 entries
  • pan noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • pan noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • panie noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • senhor noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • senhor noun (address to a military superior)
  • senhor noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Quechua

1 entries
  • wiraqucha noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Romanian

2 entries
  • domn noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • să trăiți noun (address to a military superior)

Russian

4 entries
  • Сэр noun (title)
  • господи́н noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • господи́н noun (address to a military superior)
  • господи́н noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • Sir noun (title)
  • an Ridire noun (title)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • gospòdin noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • госпо̀дин noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pane noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • pán noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gospod noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Spanish

1 entries
  • señor noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Swahili

1 entries
  • afande noun (address to a military superior)

Swedish

2 entries
  • herr noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • herre noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Tajik

3 entries
  • оғо noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • оқо noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ҷаноб noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Tamil

2 entries
  • ஐயா noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • சார் noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Tatar

1 entries
  • әфәнде noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Thai

1 entries
  • เซอร์ noun (title)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ağa noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • beyefendi noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • efendi noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • efendim noun (man of a higher rank or position)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • jenap noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • пан noun (man of a higher rank or position)
  • пан noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جَناب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • سَر noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • صاحَب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • صاحِب noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Uyghur

4 entries
  • ئۇستاز noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ئەپەندى noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ئەپەندىم noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • جاناپ noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • afandi noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • agʻa noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • janob noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ngài noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
  • ông noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הער noun (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sir, you are not allowed to park your car here.

Source: tatoeba (2120)

The conference is already over, sir.

Source: tatoeba (22500)

May I see your driver's license, sir?

Source: tatoeba (26573)

Tell me about yourself, please, Sir Anthony.

Source: tatoeba (38585)

Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.