Synonyms for GOSPEL
ˈgɒs pəlgospel

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1. Gospel, Gospels, evangelnoun

   the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

   Synonyms:
   gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

2. gospel, gospel truthnoun

   an unquestionable truth

   "his word was gospel"

   Synonyms:
   gospel, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

3. gospel, gospel singingnoun

   folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

   Synonyms:
   gospel, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

4. religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creednoun

   the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

   Synonyms:
   religious doctrine, evangel, gospel singing, credo, creed, gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel

5. gospelnoun

   a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

   "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"

   Synonyms:
   gospel truth, church doctrine, gospel singing, religious doctrine, creed, evangel

Matched Categories

1. • A Cappella Singing
   • Doctrine
   • Folk Music
   • Sacred Text
   • Truth

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1. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] christianity, revelation by christ, christian religion, divine revelation, the cross

2. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   history of christ (as given in the New Testament by one evangelist or collectively by all)

3. gospelnoun

   Synonyms:
   doctrine, creed, principle of action

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1. List of paraphrases for "gospel":

   evangelical, evangelism

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1. Sir Winston Churchill:

   Socialism is a philosophy of failure, The creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

2. Allen Toussaint:

   Our upright wasn't much of a piano — it was a half-step flat the entire time we owned it — but that piano was everything to me. It was dark mahogany, almost black, with rouge crimps all over it. I took about eight piano lessons before my teacher gave up on me. I loved boogie-woogie and hillbilly music and gospel too much.

3. Everett Piper:

   Take away his guns and he will use a sword. Take away his sword and he will use a club. Take away his club and he will use a rock. When you take away a culture's soul, there is nothing to stop the evil that lurks in human's heart. You can outlaw guns, swords, clubs and rocks but without the Gospel we are all still broken and angry men filled with hatred and rage.

4. Mark Milley:

   This is a Reichstag moment, the gospel of the Führer.

5. Martin Luther:

   God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees, and flowers, and clouds, and stars.