shepherd

Main Entry:
shepherd [shep-erd]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: keeper
Synonyms: attendant, caretaker, escort, guard, guide, herder, herdsman, leader, minister, pastor, pastoralist, pilot, protector, shepherdess, teacher, tender, watch, watcher
Main Entry: clergyperson
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: minister of church
Synonyms: abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: administer
Synonyms: accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: transport
Synonyms: accompany, attend, bring, carry, chaperon, companion, convoy, escort, guide, lead, move, pass on, pilot, route, send, shepherd, show, steer, transfer
Antonyms: leave
Main Entry: convoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: protect, escort
Synonyms: accompany, attend, bear, bring, chaperon, companion, company, conduct, consort, defend, guard, pilot, safeguard, shepherd, shield, usher, watch
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, oversee
Synonyms: administer, advise, be in the driver's seat, boss, call the shots, carry on, conduct, control, control the affairs of, dispose, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head up, influence, keep, lead, operate, ordain, preside over, quarterback, regulate, rule, run, run the show, run things, shepherd, superintend, supervise, take the reins
Antonyms: misguide, mismanage, neglect
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: point in a direction; guide
Synonyms: address, aim, beam, cast, conduct, escort, fix, focus, head, incline, indicate, intend, lay, lead, level, mean, move in, pilot, point, point the way, present, route, see, set, shepherd, show, sight, sight on, slant, steer, target, train, turn, zero in
Antonyms: diverge, misdirect
Main Entry: dispose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place, order; deal with
Synonyms: actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt
Notes: predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious
Antonyms: disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage
Main Entry: drive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move or urge on
Synonyms: act upon, actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on, encourage, force, goad, goose, harass, hasten, herd, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, railroad, ride herd on, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll, stimulate, work on, worry
Antonyms: check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop
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