Meanings
plural synagogues · alternative US synagog
- JudaismcountableA place of worship for Jews.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.
2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 May 2022Synonyms: temple
- JudaismcountableA congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
- countablerarelifestyleAny assembly of folk.
It is in this period that some Christian authors even refer to the “Synagogue of … Muhammad,” demonstrating the extent to which they perceive non-Christian groups as one and the same.¹¹¹
2024, Şener Aktürk, “Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe”, in International Security, volume 48, number 8, page 1061 more example
But when they come hither, and ſee a Tympany of Spanioliz’d Biſhops ſwaggering in the fore-top of the State, and meddling to turn and dandle the Royal Ball with unskilful and Pedantick Palms, no marvel though they think it as unſafe to commit Religion and Liberty to their arbitrating as to a Synagogue of Jeſuits.
1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Hiſtorical, Political, and Miſcellaneous Works of John Milton, volume I, Amsterdam, page 267
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place of worship for Jews.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσῠνᾰγωγή“assembly, gathering”
- Latinsynagōga
- Old Frenchsynagoge
- Middle Englishsynagoge
- Englishsynagogue
Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to lead”). By surface analysis, syn- + -agogue.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sinagoge
- sinagogeJewish place of worship
Ancient Greek συναγωγή
- συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ)Jewish place of worship
Arabic كَنِيس, بِيعَة
- كَنِيس (kanīs)Jewish place of worship
- بِيعَة (bīʕa)Jewish place of worship
- صَلَاة (ṣalāh)Jewish place of worship
Basque sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
Bulgarian синаго́га, синагога
- синаго́га (sinagóga)Jewish place of worship
- синагога (sinagoga)Jewish congregation
Catalan sinagoga, sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
- sinagogaJewish congregation
Chinese Cantonese 猶太廟 /犹太庙
- 猶太廟 /犹太庙 (jau⁴ taai³ miu⁶)Jewish place of worship
Chinese Mandarin 猶太教堂 /犹太教堂, 猶太會堂 /犹太会堂
- 猶太教堂 /犹太教堂 (Yóutài jiàotáng)Jewish place of worship
- 猶太會堂 /犹太会堂 (Yóutài huìtáng)Jewish place of worship
- 猶太廟 /犹太庙 (Yóutài miào)Jewish place of worship
Czech synagoga
- synagogaJewish place of worship
Danish synagoge
- synagogeJewish place of worship
Dutch synagoge, synagoge
- synagogeJewish place of worship
- synagogeJewish congregation
- kehillaJewish congregation
Esperanto sinagogo
- sinagogoJewish place of worship
Estonian sünagoog, juudi kogudus
- sünagoogJewish place of worship
- juudi kogudusJewish congregation
- juudi seltsJewish congregation
- juudi kogukondJewish congregation
Finnish synagoga, juutalainen seurakunta
- synagogaJewish place of worship
- juutalainen seurakuntaJewish congregation
French synagogue
- synagogueJewish place of worship
German Synagoge, Schule
- SynagogeJewish place of worship
- SchuleJewish place of worship
- SynagogeJewish congregation
Greek συναγωγή, χάβρα
- συναγωγή (synagogí)Jewish place of worship
- χάβρα (chávra)Jewish place of worship
- συναγωγή (synagogí)Jewish congregation
Hebrew בֵּית־כְּנֶסֶת, קהילה
- בֵּית־כְּנֶסֶת (beit-k'néset)Jewish place of worship
- קהילהJewish congregation
- קְהִלָּה (k'hilá)Jewish congregation
Hindi आराधनालय, कनीसा
- आराधनालय (ārādhnālay)Jewish place of worship
- कनीसा (kanīsā)Jewish place of worship
Hungarian zsinagóga, zsidó egyházközség
- zsinagógaJewish place of worship
- zsidó egyházközségJewish congregation
Icelandic samkunduhús, sýnagóga
- samkunduhúsJewish place of worship
- sýnagógaJewish place of worship
Indonesian sinagoge
- sinagogeJewish place of worship
Irish sionagóg
- sionagógJewish place of worship
Italian sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
Japanese シナゴーグ
- シナゴーグ (shinagōgu)Jewish place of worship
Korean 시나고그
- 시나고그 (sinagogeu)Jewish place of worship
Latin proseucha
- proseuchaJewish place of worship
Latvian sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
Lithuanian sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
Malay sinagog, sinagoge
- sinagogJewish place of worship
- sinagogeJewish place of worship
- kanisahJewish place of worship
- saumaahJewish place of worship
- biahJewish place of worship
Norwegian Bokmål synagoge
- synagogeJewish place of worship
Polish synagoga, bożnica
- synagogaJewish place of worship
- bożnicaJewish place of worship
Portuguese sinagoga, esnoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
- esnogaJewish place of worship
Romanian sinagogă, sinagogă
- sinagogăJewish place of worship
- sinagogăJewish congregation
Russian синаго́га, синаго́га
- синаго́га (sinagóga)Jewish place of worship
- синаго́га (sinagóga)Jewish congregation
Scottish Gaelic sionagog
- sionagogJewish place of worship
Slovak synagóga
- synagógaJewish place of worship
Spanish sinagoga, sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
- sinagogaJewish congregation
Swahili sinagogi
- sinagogiJewish place of worship
Swedish synagoga
- synagogaJewish place of worship
Tagalog sinagoga
- sinagogaJewish place of worship
Thai สุเหร่ายิว
- สุเหร่ายิว (sù-rào yiu)Jewish place of worship
Turkish sinagog, havra
- sinagogJewish place of worship
- havraJewish place of worship
Ukrainian синаго́га
- синаго́га (synahóha)Jewish place of worship
Urdu کَنِیسَہ, کُنِشْت
- کَنِیسَہ (kanīsa)Jewish place of worship
- کُنِشْت (kuniśt)Jewish place of worship
Vietnamese giáo đường Do thái
- giáo đường Do tháiJewish place of worship
Welsh synagog
- synagogJewish place of worship
Yiddish שול, סינאַגאָגע
- שול (shul)Jewish place of worship
- סינאַגאָגע (sinagoge)Jewish place of worship
- בית־הכּנסת (bis-hknss)Jewish place of worship
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with synagogue
All rhymes →Cite this entry
synagogue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synagogue
“synagogue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synagogue. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synagogue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synagogue.
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