Synonyms for ruth

Noun

1. Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat, ballplayer, baseball player

usage: United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

2. Ruth, wife, married woman

usage: the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

3. commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos, sympathy, fellow feeling

usage: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

4. Ruth, Book of Ruth, book

usage: 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