The German Shepherd was limping down the street.
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Shepherd
/ˈʃɛpəd/
Synonyms for "shepherd" (214 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
Related words (107)
keep watch overkeeperlashleadlifeguardlifesaverlook afterlook out forlook toman of godmarshalmatronizemercurymilitary chaplainmindministerminister tomothernavigatornext friend
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
22 entriesanimal husbandrydevelopmentdog breeddroverfacilitationguardguidanceherderleadershiplivestock managementmanagementmentorshipoccupationpastoral carepositionprocess management
Showing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
19 entriesAustralian ShepherdGerman Shepherdboard approvalchurch elderflock keeperflock managementgoat tendinglegislation passagepolicy adoptionprogram developmentproject coordinationregulatory approvalresearch program mentorshipsheep herdersheep herdingstudent supervision
Showing 16 of 19 words.
Collocations
11 entriesGerman Shepherdflock keepershepherd a projectshepherd a teamshepherd dogshepherd the bill throughshepherd the flockshepherd through adversityshepherd's crookshepherding dutiesshepherding instinct
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
248 translations across 119 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- herder noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- skaapwagter noun (a person who tends sheep)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕔 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Albanian
2 entries- bari noun (a person who tends sheep)
- çoban noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ποιμήν noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ao
1 entries- sannüker (Chungli) noun (a person who tends sheep)
Arabic
4 entries- راعي noun (a person who tends sheep)
- رَاعٍ noun (a person who tends sheep)
- رَاعٍ noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- سارح noun (a person who tends sheep)
Armenian
2 entries- հովիվ noun (a person who tends sheep)
- չոբան noun (a person who tends sheep)
Aromanian
2 entries- picurar noun (a person who tends sheep)
- uiar noun (a person who tends sheep)
Assamese
1 entries- ভেৰাৰখীয়া noun (a person who tends sheep)
Asturian
2 entries- oveyeru noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çoban noun (a person who tends sheep)
Bakhtiari
1 entries- شوں noun (a person who tends sheep)
Bashkir
1 entries- көтөүсе noun (a person who tends sheep)
Basque
1 entries- artzain noun (a person who tends sheep)
Belarusian
2 entries- па́стыр noun (a person who tends sheep)
- пасту́х noun (a person who tends sheep)
Breton
1 entries- bugul noun (a person who tends sheep)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пасти́р noun (a person who tends sheep)
Burmese
1 entries- သိုးထိန်း noun (a person who tends sheep)
Catalan
3 entries- Pastor name (equivalent surnames)
- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- شوان noun (a person who tends sheep)
- شوان noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Chichewa
1 entries- mbusa noun (a person who tends sheep)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 牧人 noun (a person who tends sheep)
- 牧民 noun (a person who tends sheep)
- 牧羊人 noun (a person who tends sheep)
- 羊倌 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ noun (a person who tends sheep)
Cornish
1 entries- bugel noun (a person who tends sheep)
Czech
2 entries- pastýř noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pasák noun (a person who tends sheep)
Danish
2 entries- fårehyrde noun (a person who tends sheep)
- hyrde noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Dutch
4 entries- Scheepers name (equivalent surnames)
- Scheper name (equivalent surnames)
- Schepers name (equivalent surnames)
- herder noun (a person who tends sheep)
Esperanto
3 entries- paŝtisto noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ŝafistino noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ŝafisto noun (a person who tends sheep)
Estonian
2 entries- karjus noun (a person who tends sheep)
- lambur noun (a person who tends sheep)
Finnish
2 entries- lammaspaimen noun (a person who tends sheep)
- paimen noun (someone who watches over or guides)
French
4 entries- Pasteur name (equivalent surnames)
- berger noun (a person who tends sheep)
- bergère noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pasteur noun (a person who tends sheep)
Friulian
3 entries- fedâr noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastôr noun (a person who tends sheep)
- piorâr noun (a person who tends sheep)
Galician
3 entries- ovelleiro noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pegureiro noun (a person who tends sheep)
Georgian
3 entries- მეცხვარე noun (a person who tends sheep)
- მწყემსი noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ჩობანი noun (a person who tends sheep)
German
4 entries- Schäfer name (equivalent surnames)
- Hirt noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- Hirt(e) noun (a person who tends sheep)
- Hirte noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Greek
2 entries- βοσκός noun (a person who tends sheep)
- τσοπάνης noun (a person who tends sheep)
Hebrew
2 entries- רוֹעֶה noun (a person who tends sheep)
- רוֹעֶה noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Hindi
2 entries- गड़ेरिया noun (a person who tends sheep)
- चूपान noun (a person who tends sheep)
Hungarian
2 entries- juhász noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pásztor noun (a person who tends sheep)
Hunsrik
2 entries- Schefer noun (a person who tends sheep)
- Schefrin noun (a person who tends sheep)
Icelandic
4 entries- fjárhirðir noun (a person who tends sheep)
- hirðir noun (a person who tends sheep)
- smalamaður noun (a person who tends sheep)
- smali noun (a person who tends sheep)
Irish
3 entries- aoire noun (a person who tends sheep)
- buachaill caorach noun (a person who tends sheep)
- tréadaí noun (a person who tends sheep)
Italian
4 entries- Pastore name (equivalent surnames)
- pastore noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastore noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- pecoraio noun (a person who tends sheep)
Japanese
2 entries- 牧人 noun (a person who tends sheep)
- 羊飼い noun (a person who tends sheep)
Kazakh
2 entries- малшы noun (a person who tends sheep)
- қойшы noun (a person who tends sheep)
Khmer
2 entries- មេសបាល noun (a person who tends sheep)
- មេសបាលី noun (a person who tends sheep)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũrĩithi noun (a person who tends sheep)
Korean
2 entries- 목자 noun (a person who tends sheep)
- 양치기 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- малчы noun (a person who tends sheep)
Lao
1 entries- ຄົນລ້ຽງແກະ noun (a person who tends sheep)
Latin
3 entries- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pecorarius noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ūpiliō noun (a person who tends sheep)
Latvian
1 entries- gans noun (a person who tends sheep)
Lezgi
1 entries- чубан noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ligurian
1 entries- pastô noun (a person who tends sheep)
Lithuanian
1 entries- piemuo noun (a person who tends sheep)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Schéifer noun (a person who tends sheep)
Macedonian
4 entries- овчар noun (a person who tends sheep)
- пастир noun (a person who tends sheep)
- пастир noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- чобан noun (a person who tends sheep)
Malagasy
1 entries- mpiandry noun (a person who tends sheep)
Malay
2 entries- gembala noun (a person who tends sheep)
- penggembala noun (a person who tends sheep)
Maltese
3 entries- mexxej noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- ragħaj noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ragħaj noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Manx
1 entries- bochil noun (a person who tends sheep)
Mazanderani
3 entries- چپون noun (a person who tends sheep)
- کرد noun (a person who tends sheep)
- گسن کرد noun (a person who tends sheep)
Middle English
2 entries- schepherde noun (a person who tends sheep)
- schepherde noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Middle Irish
1 entries- áegaire noun (a person who tends sheep)
Mongolian
2 entries- хоньчин noun (a person who tends sheep)
- ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠴᠢᠨ noun (a person who tends sheep)
Mycenaean Greek
1 entries- 𐀡𐀕 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Navajo
1 entries- naʼniłkaadí noun (a person who tends sheep)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- şivan noun (a person who tends sheep)
- şivan noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Northern Sami
1 entries- geahčči noun (a person who tends sheep)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gjeter noun (a person who tends sheep)
- hyrde noun (a person who tends sheep)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- gjetar noun (a person who tends sheep)
- hjuring noun (a person who tends sheep)
Occitan
2 entries- oelhièr noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastre noun (a person who tends sheep)
Old English
2 entries- hierde noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- sċēaphierde noun (a person who tends sheep)
Old Irish
1 entries- oegaire noun (a person who tends sheep)
Old Occitan
1 entries- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ossetian
1 entries- фиййау noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چوبان noun (a person who tends sheep)
Pashto
1 entries- شپون noun (a person who tends sheep)
Persian
4 entries- راهنما noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- شبان noun (a person who tends sheep)
- شوان noun (a person who tends sheep)
- نگهبان noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hoad noun (a person who tends sheep)
Polabian
1 entries- postarnĕk noun (a person who tends sheep)
Polish
4 entries- baraniarz noun (a person who tends sheep)
- owczarz noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pasterz noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastuch noun (a person who tends sheep)
Portuguese
4 entries- ovelheiro noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- pegureiro noun (a person who tends sheep)
Romanian
4 entries- cioban noun (a person who tends sheep)
- oier noun (a person who tends sheep)
- păcurar noun (a person who tends sheep)
- păstor noun (a person who tends sheep)
Russian
4 entries- овча́р noun (a person who tends sheep)
- па́стырь noun (someone who watches over or guides)
- пасту́х noun (a person who tends sheep)
- пасту́шка noun (a person who tends sheep)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अविपाल noun (a person who tends sheep)
Sardinian
4 entries- berbecarju noun (a person who tends sheep)
- berbecàlgiu noun (a person who tends sheep)
- berbegarzu noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastori noun (a person who tends sheep)
Scots
2 entries- shepherd noun (a person who tends sheep)
- shepherd noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- aoghaire noun (a person who tends sheep)
- buachaill-chaorach noun (a person who tends sheep)
- cìobair noun (a person who tends sheep)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pàstīr noun (a person who tends sheep)
- òvčār noun (a person who tends sheep)
- čòban noun (a person who tends sheep)
- о̀вча̄р noun (a person who tends sheep)
Sicilian
2 entries- pasturi noun (a person who tends sheep)
- picuraru noun (a person who tends sheep)
Slovak
1 entries- pastier noun (a person who tends sheep)
Slovene
1 entries- pastir noun (a person who tends sheep)
Southern Altai
4 entries- койчы noun (a person who tends sheep)
- кӱдӱчи noun (a person who tends sheep)
- малчы noun (a person who tends sheep)
- чабан noun (a person who tends sheep)
Spanish
2 entries- ovejero noun (a person who tends sheep)
- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒉺𒇻 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Swahili
1 entries- mchungaji noun (a person who tends sheep)
Swedish
2 entries- fåraherde noun (a person who tends sheep)
- herde noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Tabasaran
1 entries- габан noun (a person who tends sheep)
Tajik
1 entries- чӯпон noun (a person who tends sheep)
Tarifit
1 entries- arinti noun (a person who tends sheep)
Tatar
1 entries- көтүче noun (a person who tends sheep)
Thai
2 entries- คนเลี้ยง noun (a person who tends sheep)
- เมษบาล noun (a person who tends sheep)
Turkish
1 entries- çoban noun (a person who tends sheep)
Turkmen
1 entries- çopan noun (a person who tends sheep)
Tuvan
1 entries- хойжу noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎗𐎓𐎊 noun (a person who tends sheep)
Ukrainian
2 entries- па́стир noun (a person who tends sheep)
- пасту́х noun (a person who tends sheep)
Urdu
1 entries- چوپان noun (a person who tends sheep)
Uyghur
1 entries- چۇپان noun (a person who tends sheep)
Uzbek
1 entries- cho'pon noun (a person who tends sheep)
Venetan
2 entries- pastor noun (a person who tends sheep)
- piegoràro noun (a person who tends sheep)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người chăn cừu noun (a person who tends sheep)
Volapük
4 entries- galedanahipul noun (a person who tends sheep)
- galedanajipul noun (a person who tends sheep)
- galedanapul noun (a person who tends sheep)
- jipigaledan noun (a person who tends sheep)
Walloon
2 entries- biedjresse noun (a person who tends sheep)
- bierdjî noun (a person who tends sheep)
Welsh
2 entries- bugail noun (a person who tends sheep)
- bugail noun (someone who watches over or guides)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאַסטושקע noun (a person who tends sheep)
- פּאַסטעך noun (a person who tends sheep)
Zazaki
2 entries- şıwane (diq) noun (a person who tends sheep)
- şıwani noun (a person who tends sheep)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.
Source: tatoeba (63882)
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Source: tatoeba (390150)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Source: tatoeba (552065)
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