doubting thomas

Questions about doubting thomas

What does doubting thomas mean?

doubting thomas means "the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for doubting thomas?

Close synonyms include Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle. 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 doubting thomas a common word?

doubting thomas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.