Guru

//ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u//

Synonyms for "guru" (98 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (20)

authority scholar abecedarian angel bairagi bashara bhikhari bhikshu boss brahman bwana certified teacher chef chief church dignitary clergyman cognoscente connoisseur docent doctor

Strong matches (29)

Related words (49)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

2 entries

leader religious leader

Synonyms

6 entries

authority cognoscente connoisseur proficient scholar virtuoso

Related terms

8 entries

Bhaiṣajyaguru Gurmukhi Guru Granth Sahib Waheguru adi-guru gurdwara gurukul satguru

at location

1 entries

top of mountain

capable of

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explain paradox think wisely

dbpedia genre

2 entries

hip hop music jazz rap

dbpedia occupation

1 entries

rapping

derived

8 entries

antiguru gurudom guruhood guruism guruji gurulike guruship tech guru

distinct from

2 entries

inexpert nonexpert

etymologically related_to

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brute grief grieve

has context

4 entries

buddhism hinduism humorous sikhism

is a

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hindu leader musical artist religious leader teacher teacher or guide

related to

4 entries

advisor hindu mentor sikh

Translations

85 translations across 50 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

ghoeroe noun (spiritual teacher)

Arabic

3 entries

جُورُو noun (spiritual teacher)
غُورُو noun (spiritual teacher)
مُعَلِّم رُوحِيّ noun (spiritual teacher)

Armenian

1 entries

գուրու noun (spiritual teacher)

Assamese

1 entries

গুৰু noun (spiritual teacher)

Bengali

3 entries

গুরু noun (spiritual teacher)
মুর্শিদ noun (spiritual teacher)
মুর্শিদ noun (advisor or mentor)

Burmese

1 entries

ဂုရု noun (spiritual teacher)

Catalan

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

古魯 /古鲁 noun (spiritual teacher)
導師 /导师 noun (advisor or mentor)

Czech

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Dutch

2 entries

goeroe noun (spiritual teacher)
goeroe noun (advisor or mentor)

Esperanto

1 entries

guruo noun (spiritual teacher)

Finnish

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

French

4 entries

gourou noun (spiritual teacher)
gourou noun (advisor or mentor)
guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Georgian

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გურუ noun (spiritual teacher)

German

2 entries

Guru noun (spiritual teacher)
Guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Greek

2 entries

γκουρού noun (spiritual teacher)
γκουρού noun (advisor or mentor)

Gujarati

1 entries

ગુરુ noun (spiritual teacher)

Hindi

4 entries

गुरु noun (spiritual teacher)
गुरु noun (advisor or mentor)
मुअल्लिम noun (spiritual teacher)
विशारद noun (spiritual teacher)

Hungarian

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Indonesian

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Italian

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Japanese

2 entries

グル noun (spiritual teacher)
教祖 noun (spiritual teacher)

Kannada

1 entries

ಗುರು noun (spiritual teacher)

Khmer

2 entries

គរុ noun (spiritual teacher)
គ្រូ noun (spiritual teacher)

Korean

2 entries

구루 noun (spiritual teacher)
지도자 noun (spiritual teacher)

Lao

2 entries

ຄຸຣຸ noun (spiritual teacher)
ຄູ noun (spiritual teacher)

Latin

1 entries

gurus noun (spiritual teacher)

Macedonian

2 entries

гу́ру noun (spiritual teacher)
гу́ру noun (advisor or mentor)

Malay

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Malayalam

2 entries

ഗുരു noun (spiritual teacher)
ഗുരു noun (advisor or mentor)

Marathi

1 entries

गुरू noun (spiritual teacher)

Mongolian

1 entries

гүрү noun (spiritual teacher)

Nepali

1 entries

गुरु noun (spiritual teacher)

Odia

1 entries

ଗୁରୁ noun (spiritual teacher)

Pali

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Persian

1 entries

گورو noun (spiritual teacher)

Polish

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Portuguese

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਗੁਰੂ noun (spiritual teacher)
ਗੁਰੂ noun (advisor or mentor)

Russian

4 entries

гу́ру noun (spiritual teacher)
духо́вный учи́тель noun (spiritual teacher)
наста́вник noun (advisor or mentor)
учи́тель noun (advisor or mentor)

Sanskrit

2 entries

गुरू noun (spiritual teacher)
गुरू noun (advisor or mentor)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)
guru noun (advisor or mentor)

Sikkimese

1 entries

གུ་རུ noun (spiritual teacher)

Slovak

1 entries

guru noun (spiritual teacher)

Spanish

2 entries

gurú noun (spiritual teacher)
gurú noun (advisor or mentor)

Tagalog

1 entries

guro noun (advisor or mentor)

Tamil

1 entries

குரு noun (spiritual teacher)

Telugu

3 entries

కోవిదుడు noun (spiritual teacher)
గురువు noun (spiritual teacher)
విశారదుడు noun (spiritual teacher)

Thai

2 entries

ครู noun (spiritual teacher)
คุรุ noun (spiritual teacher)

Urdu

1 entries

گرو noun (spiritual teacher)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have an appointment to visit a guru in India.

Source: tatoeba (253191)

According to Tom, Mary is just a predatory guru who promises gain.

Source: tatoeba (325319)

You are a guru at this.

Source: tatoeba (2886611)

The sect members looked adoringly at their guru, and hung on every word that came out of his mouth.

Source: tatoeba (4641632)

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