Definition for Archbishop:

• ärch-bish'up, n. a chief bishop: a metropolitan bishop who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.-- n. ARCHBISH'OPRIC. [ ARCH, chief, and BISHOP.]

Synonyms for Archbishop:

• n.

  •
  • church dignitary,
  • High-churchman,
  • head of an ecclesiastical province.
  •clergy (noun)
  • ecclesiastic,
  • pilgrim,
  • preacher,
  • prior,
  • cleric,
  • abbot,
  • curate,
  • Canoness,
  • evangelist,
  • missionary,
  • monk,
  • friar,
  • priest,
  • brother,
  • prioress,
  • pope,
  • chaplain,
  • sister,
  • novice,
  • nun,
  • archpriest,
  • father,
  • canon,
  • cardinal,
  • rector,
  • reverend.
  •clergyman (noun)
  • sky pilot.
  •clergyperson (noun)
  • divine,
  • person of god,
  • clerk,
  • rabbi,
  • shepherd,
  • abbey.
  •person (noun)
  • archbishop.
  •prelate (noun)
  • dignitary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • clergy,
  • dominican,
  • ministry,
  • Reverend Mother,
  • jesuit,
  • patriarch,
  • cloth,
  • archbishopric,
  • chaplaincy,
  • the holy see,
  • MSGR,
  • Episcopacy,
  • priesthood,
  • man of the cloth,
  • deaconess,
  • elder,
  • the Inquisition,
  • parson,
  • suffragan,
  • primate,
  • dean,
  • clerical,
  • high priest,
  • priestly,
  • SJ,
  • bishopric,
  • fr,
  • provost,
  • episcopal,
  • deacon,
  • moderator,
  • mother superior,
  • nuncio,
  • the Archbishop of Canterbury,
  • inquisitor,
  • pastoral,
  • MGR,
  • churchwarden,
  • pontiff,
  • man of God,
  • chapter,
  • Mother Teresa,
  • eminence,
  • high priestess,
  • sexton.
  •
  • order.

Paraphrases for Archbishop:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    bishop, bishops.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bishop.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    MGR, Monseigneur.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    monsignor, archbishopric, archdiocese.

Antonyms for Archbishop:

• n.

  • clergyman
    layman, layperson.

Archbishop Sentence Examples:

• And again the archbishop was silent and thoughtful.

• But I was not as Victoria; she was not a king as I was; mother had not knelt before her; the archbishop had not told Victoria that she had no lord except the King of kings.

Hypernym for Archbishop:

• n.

  • person
    metropolitan.

Hyponym for Archbishop:

• n.

  • person
    bishop.