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

2 senses of pastor

Sense 1
curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector -- (a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches")
       => clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth -- (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Sense 2
Pastor, subgenus Pastor -- (only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus)
       => bird genus -- (a genus of birds)