I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret Magic of numbers.
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Pythagoras
/paɪˈθæɡ.əɹ.əs/
Synonyms for "pythagoras" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
greek philosophermathematician
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
pre-socratic thinker
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: greek philosopher, mathematician, philosopher, pre-socratic thinker, pythagorean theorem.
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5 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 63 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- Pitagora name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Πυθαγόρας name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Arabic
2 entries- فيثاغورس name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
- فِيثَاغُورَس name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Armenian
1 entries- Պյութագորաս name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Asturian
1 entries- Pitágoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Pifaqor name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Basque
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Bengali
1 entries- পিথাগোরাস name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Питагор name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Catalan
1 entries- Pitàgores name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 畢達哥拉斯 /毕达哥拉斯 name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Czech
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Danish
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Dutch
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Esperanto
1 entries- Pitagoro name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Estonian
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Finnish
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
French
1 entries- Pythagore name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Galician
1 entries- Pitágoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Georgian
1 entries- პითაგორა name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
German
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Greek
1 entries- Πυθαγόρας name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Hebrew
1 entries- פיתגורס name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Hungarian
1 entries- Püthagorasz name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Icelandic
1 entries- Pýþagóras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Ido
1 entries- Pitagoro name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Indonesian
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Irish
1 entries- Píotágarás name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Italian
1 entries- Pitagora name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Japanese
2 entries- ピタゴラス name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
- ピュタゴラス name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Javanese
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Khmer
1 entries- ពីតាករ name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Korean
1 entries- 피타고라스 name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Latin
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Latvian
1 entries- Pitagors name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Pitagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Low German
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Macedonian
1 entries- Питагора name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Malay
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Marathi
1 entries- पाय्थागोरास name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Norwegian
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Old Armenian
1 entries- Պիւթագորաս name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Persian
2 entries- فیثاغورث name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
- پیتاگوراس name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Polish
1 entries- Pitagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Portuguese
1 entries- Pitágoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Romanian
1 entries- Pitagora name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Russian
1 entries- Пифаго́р name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Pitagora name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
- Питагора name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Sicilian
1 entries- Pitàgura name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Slovak
1 entries- Pytagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Slovene
2 entries- Pitágora name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
- Pitágoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Spanish
1 entries- Pitágoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Swahili
1 entries- Pithagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Swedish
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Tagalog
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Thai
1 entries- พีทาโกรัส name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Turkish
1 entries- Pisagor name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Піфаго́р name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Pytago name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Welsh
1 entries- Pythagoras name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיטאַגאָראַס name (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Pythagoras' theorem says that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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Pythagoras' theorem allows you to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Source: tatoeba (483048)
Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals.
Source: tatoeba (907460)
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pythagoras"?
Closest matches include greek philosopher, mathematician, philosopher, pre-socratic thinker, pythagorean theorem.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pythagoras"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.