baruch

1. 1.

   economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)

   SynonymsBernard BaruchBernard Mannes Baruch

   Broaderfinancierstatesman
2. 2.

   a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah

   Broaderdisciple
3. 3.

   an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch

   SynonymsBook of Baruch

   Broaderbook

   Part ofApocrypha

Other forms of baruch

plural

baruches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baruch

What does baruch mean?

baruch means "economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baruch?

baruch has 2 syllables: ba-ruch. The stress falls on "ruch". In IPA it is /ˌbɑˈɹuk/.

What is another word for baruch?

Close synonyms include Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch, Book of Baruch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baruch a common word?

baruch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.