Above and beyond this, he can read Hebrew.
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Hebrew
/ˈhiːbɹuː/
Synonyms for "hebrew" (16 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (8)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: hebrew language, israelite, biblical hebrew language, english, hebraic.
- Sentence evidence is available for hebrew, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "hebrew".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "hebrew"
Keep "hebrew" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "hebrew" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "hebrew", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "hebrew" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesCanaaniticCanaanitic languageSemitic languageactorcultureculture heritagedoerethnic groupethnicitylanguagelinguisticsorthographyworkerwriting system
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
7 entriesBiblical HebrewHebrew alphabetHebrew cultureHebrew languageHebrew literatureHebrew scriptModern Hebrew
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 76 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Hebreeus noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Albanian
1 entries- gjuha hebraike noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Amharic
1 entries- ዕብራይጥ noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Arabic
3 entries- الْعِبْرَانِيَّة noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- الْعِبْرِيَّة noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- عبري noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Armenian
3 entries- եբրայերեն noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- իվրիտ noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- հրեերեն noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Asturian
1 entries- hebréu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- İvrit dili noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Basque
1 entries- hebreera noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Belarusian
1 entries- іўры́т noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Bengali
1 entries- ইবরানী noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Breton
2 entries- hebraeg noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hebreeg noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Bulgarian
1 entries- иври́т noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Catalan
1 entries- hebreu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- عیبری noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Chichewa
1 entries- Chihebri noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 希伯來語 /希伯来语 noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- İbrani tili noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Czech
1 entries- hebrejština noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Danish
2 entries- hebraisk noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hebræisk noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Dutch
1 entries- Hebreeuws noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Esperanto
1 entries- hebrea (la hebrea, la hebrea lingvo) noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Estonian
1 entries- heebrea keel noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Finnish
2 entries- heprea noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- heprean kieli noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
French
1 entries- hébreu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Gagauz
1 entries- Иврит дили noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Galician
2 entries- hebraico noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hebreo noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Georgian
2 entries- ებრაული noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- ებრაული ენა noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
German
1 entries- Hebräisch noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Greek
1 entries- εβραϊκά noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Greenlandic
1 entries- hebræerisut noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻŌlelo Hepela noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Hebrew
1 entries- עִבְרִית noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Hindi
1 entries- इब्रानी noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Hungarian
1 entries- héber noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Icelandic
1 entries- hebreska noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Indonesian
2 entries- bahasa Ibrani noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- ibrani noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Interlingua
1 entries- hebreo noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Irish
1 entries- Eabhrais noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Italian
1 entries- ebraico noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Japanese
1 entries- ヘブライ語 noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Korean
1 entries- 히브리어 noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Latin
1 entries- hebraeus noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Malay
2 entries- Ibrani noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- bahasa Ibrani noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Maltese
1 entries- Ebrew noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Marathi
1 entries- हिब्रू noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Māori
1 entries- Reo Hīperu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Navajo
1 entries- Hííbwoo bizaad noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Norman
1 entries- Hébreu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Îbranî noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hebraisk noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hebraisk noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Occitan
1 entries- ebrèu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Old English
1 entries- Ebrēisċ noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Pashto
1 entries- عبراني noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Persian
2 entries- عبرانی noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- عبری noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Polish
1 entries- hebrajski noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Portuguese
2 entries- hebraico noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hebreu noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Romanian
2 entries- ebraică noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- limba ebraică noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Russian
2 entries- евре́йский язы́к noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- иври́т noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Eabhra noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hebrejski noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hibru noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- ivrit noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- jevrejski noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Sinhalese
1 entries- හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Slovak
1 entries- hebrejčina noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Spanish
1 entries- hebreo noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Swedish
1 entries- hebreiska noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Thai
1 entries- ภาษาฮิบรู noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ዕብራስጥ noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Tooro
1 entries- Oruhebburaayo class 11 noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Tumbuka
1 entries- Cihebere noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Turkish
1 entries- İbranice noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Ukrainian
1 entries- іври́т noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Urdu
1 entries- عبرانی noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tiếng Do Thái noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- tiếng Hê-brơ noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Volapük
2 entries- Hebreyapük noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- hebrey noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Yao
1 entries- Cihebeli class 7 noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Yiddish
3 entries- העברעיִש noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- לשון־קודש noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
- עבֿרי noun (language — see also Biblical Hebrew)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I got older I converted to narcissism.
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I want to learn Hebrew.
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I want to study Hebrew.
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Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "hebrew"?
Closest matches include hebrew language, israelite, biblical hebrew language, english, hebraic.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "hebrew"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.