antichrist

1. 1.

   (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ

   Broaderadversary

   Christianity

Other forms of antichrist

plural

antichrists·

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 antichrist

What does antichrist mean?

antichrist means "(Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ".

How many syllables are in antichrist?

antichrist has 3 syllables: an-tich-rist. The stress falls on "an".

Is antichrist a common word?

antichrist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.