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Haredi

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /xəˈɹeɪdi/
  • /h-/
  • /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to Haredi Jews.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frum, ultra-Orthodox

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frummer

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sect, religious sect, religious order

History

Etymology

From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hebrew: חרדי — pertaining to Haredi Jews
  • Polish: ultraortodoksyjny — pertaining to Haredi Jews
  • Yiddish: חרדיש (khareydish) — pertaining to Haredi Jews
  • Yiddish: גאָר פֿרום (gor frum) — pertaining to Haredi Jews
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈雷迪 (hāléidí) — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Hebrew: חרדי — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Ladino: haredi — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Polish: żyd ultraortodoksyjny — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Polish: żydówka ultraortodoksyjna — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Yiddish: פֿרומער (frumer) — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Yiddish: חרד (khored) — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Yiddish: חרדישער (kharéydisher) — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture
  • Yiddish: חרדישע (kharéydishe) — member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture