judas

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.