evangel

Other forms of evangel

plural

evangels·

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 evangel

What does evangel mean?

evangel means "the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings".

How many syllables are in evangel?

evangel has 3 syllables: e-van-gel. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for evangel?

Close synonyms include Gospel, Gospels. 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 evangel a common word?

evangel 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.