crown of thorns

Questions about crown of thorns

What does crown of thorns mean?

crown of thorns means "any affliction that causes great suffering". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for crown of thorns?

Close synonyms include cross, Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii. 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 crown of thorns a common word?

crown of thorns 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.