MONK

Pronunciation (US):

• MONK (noun)
  The noun MONK has 2 senses:

1. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
2. United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

  Familiarity information: MONK used as a noun is rare.

• MONK (noun)

Meaning:

A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

monastic; monk

Hypernyms ("monk" is a kind of...):

religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monk"):

Brother ((Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address)

Carthusian (a member of the Carthusian order)

Cistercian; Trappist (member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence)

Instance hyponyms:

Bacon; Roger Bacon (English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292))

Benedict; Saint Benedict; St. Benedict (Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547))

Gregor Mendel; Johann Mendel; Mendel (Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884))

Pelagius (a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418))

Meaning:

United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Thelonious Monk; Thelonious Sphere Monk; Monk

Instance hypernyms:

jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)