anselm

1. 1.

   an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

   SynonymsSaint AnselmSt. Anselm

   Broaderarchbishopsaint

Other forms of anselm

plural

anselms·

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 anselm

What does anselm mean?

anselm means "an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God".

How many syllables are in anselm?

anselm has 2 syllables: an-selm. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈænsɛlm/.

What is another word for anselm?

Close synonyms include Saint Anselm, St. Anselm. 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 anselm a common word?

anselm 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.