jude

Other forms of jude

plural

judes·

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 jude

What does jude mean?

jude 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 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jude?

jude has 1 syllable: jude. In IPA it is /ˈdʒud/.

What is another word for jude?

Close synonyms include Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus, Epistle of Jude. 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 jude a common word?

jude 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.