Synonyms and Antonyms of cleric
- clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
churchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe [slang], padre
clergywoman, deaconess, priestess
abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter
abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar
chaplain, confessor, sky pilot
evangelist, missionary, missioner, missionizer, revivalist