Former ruth Synonyms

Definitions for Former


  • (adjective) having been such at some previous time
  • (adjective) going before another in time or order
  • (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two

Definitions for Ruth


  • (noun) the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
  • (noun) the great- grandmother of king David whose story is told in the book of Ruth in the Old Testament
  • (noun) 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