Word Meanings - SHEPHERD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

sceáp sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep, 1. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large. 2. The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird ,

Additional info about word: SHEPHERD

sceáp sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep, 1. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large. 2. The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird , the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog , a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's dog. -- Shepherd dog, a name of Pan. Keats. -- Shepherd kings, the chiefs of a nomadic people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion with narrative in the book of Exodus. -- Shepherd's club , the common mullein. See Mullein. -- Shepherd's crook, a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, -- used by shepherds. -- Shepherd's needle , the lady's comb. -- Shepherd's plaid, a kind of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern. -- Shephered spider , a daddy longlegs, or harvestman. -- Shepherd's pouch, or Shepherd's purse , an annual cruciferous plant bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See Illust. of Silicle. -- Shepherd's rod, or Shepherd's staff , the small teasel.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHEPHERD)

• Minister
• Servant
• officer
• delegate
• official
• ambassador
• subordinate
• ecclesiastic
• clergyman
• priest
• parson
• divine
• preacher
• pastor
• shepherd
• reverend
• curate
• vicar

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SHEPHERD)

• Lead
• rule
• command
• exact

Related words: (words related to SHEPHERD)

• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• SHEPHERDIA
  A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• PASTORSHIP
  Pastorate. Bp. Bull.
• OFFICIALISM
  The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.
• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• VICARIAN
  A vicar. Marston.
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• PRIESTING
  The office of a priest. Milton.
• VICARIOUS
  Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. (more info) turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin
• PASTORLESS
  Having no pastor.
• COMMANDATORY
  Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
• PASTORLY
  Appropriate to a pastor. Milton.
• AMBASSADORIAL
  Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.
• COMMANDO
  In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
• REVERENDLY
  Reverently. Foxe.
• UNVICAR
  To deprive of the position or office a vicar. Strype.
• ACCURATENESS
  The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• INSUBORDINATE
  Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
• INACCURATE
  Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd. Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;
• SUBDELEGATE
  A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
• INOFFICIALLY
  Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
• MANSERVANT
  A male servant.
• INACCURATELY
  In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.