judas

1. 1.

   (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

   SynonymsJudeSaint JudeSt. JudeThaddaeus

   BroaderApostlesaint

   New Testament

2. 2.

   (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

   SynonymsJudas Iscariot

   BroaderApostle

   New Testament

3. 3.

   someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

   Broaderdouble-crosser
4. 4.

   a one-way peephole in a door

   Broaderpeephole

Other forms of judas

plural

judases·

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 judas

What does judas mean?

judas means "(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in judas?

judas has 2 syllables: ju-das. The stress falls on "ju". In IPA it is /ˈdʒudəs/.

What is another word for judas?

Close synonyms include Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Thaddaeus, Judas Iscariot. 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 judas a common word?

judas 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.