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

4 senses of ruth

Sense 1
Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat -- (United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948))
       INSTANCE OF=> ballplayer, baseball player -- (an athlete who plays baseball)

Sense 2
Ruth -- (the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament)
       INSTANCE OF=> wife, married woman -- (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 3
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos -- (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity")
       => sympathy, fellow feeling -- (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))

Sense 4
Ruth, Book of Ruth -- (a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died)
       INSTANCE OF=> book -- (a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah")