Synonyms for
Usher
Definition
an official who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- usher in the new
- usher out the old
- usher someone to their seat
- usher guests
- usher a new era
- usher in a period
- usher someone in
Word family
Usage note
The verb 'usher' often implies leading someone to a specific place or introducing something new. 'Usher in' is a common phrasal verb.
Example sentences
- The usher helped us find our seats at the wedding.
- The theater usher politely asked us to turn off our phones.
- At the concert, the usher handed out programs to the audience.
- The usher directed us to the restrooms during intermission.
- The wedding usher helped the bride with her dress.
Quotes
Life is a theater, and we are all the ushers.
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.