shepherd

shepherd is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
2. noun. The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
3. transitive verb. To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
4. noun. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

   Synonyms: sheepherder, sheepman

5. noun. a clergyman who watches over a group of people
6. verb. tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
7. verb. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

Synonyms

sheepherder, sheepman

Common word forms

shepherds, shepherded, shepherdly, shepherding, shepherdize, shepherdless

Words from these letters

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