Definition for Friar:

• Member of certain religious orders esp. the four mendicant orders of Franciscans( Grey Ff.), Augustines( Austin Ff.), Dominicans( Black Ff.), & Carmelites( White Ff.); f. \'s balsam, tincture of benzoin. Hence friarly a. [ Middle English]

Synonyms for Friar:

• n.

  •
  • beadle,
  • Bible-thumper,
  • acolyte,
  • benedictine,
  • anglican,
  • calvinism,
  • baptist,
  • christendom,
  • amish,
  • benefice.
  •brother (noun)
  • begging friar,
  • augustinian,
  • carmelite,
  • palmer,
  • dominican,
  • penitent,
  • franciscan.
  •clergy (noun)
  • father,
  • pope,
  • prioress,
  • cleric,
  • rector,
  • prior,
  • novice,
  • archdeacon,
  • missionary,
  • curate,
  • prelate,
  • chaplain,
  • preacher,
  • brother,
  • sister,
  • nun,
  • ecclesiastic,
  • evangelist,
  • pilgrim,
  • abbess,
  • pastor,
  • bishop,
  • minister,
  • clergyman,
  • canon,
  • reverend,
  • archpriest,
  • Canoness,
  • cardinal,
  • archbishop.
  •friar (noun)
  • mendicant.
  •person (noun)
  • friar.
  •priest (noun)
  • pontiff,
  • clergyperson,
  • father confessor,
  • man of God,
  • divine,
  • elder.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • abbot,
  • anchorite,
  • eremite,
  • holy man,
  • lama,
  • man of the cloth,
  • monk,
  • padre,
  • person,
  • priest,
  • religious,
  • vicar,
  • Padres,
  • Padri,
  • friars,
  • ascetics,
  • LAMAS,
  • eremites,
  • abbot-general,
  • archabbot,
  • anchorites,
  • solitaries,
  • monastics.

Paraphrases for Friar:

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    monk, fray.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    monk.

Friar Sentence Examples:

• Next she was questioned about a certain Friar Richard, the preaching friar who had seen her at Troyes.

• The friar made a pretence of debating it.

Homophones for Friar:

• fryer, fryar, frier.

Hypernym for Friar:

• n.

  • person
    dominican, white friar, augustinian, franciscan, black friar, grey friar, blackfriar, carmelite, friar preacher.

Hyponym for Friar:

• n.

  • person
    religious.