Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun teresa

1 sense of teresa

Sense 1
Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu -- (Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997))
       INSTANCE OF=> nun -- (a woman religious)
       INSTANCE OF=> missionary, missioner -- (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)