messiah

Other forms of messiah

plural

messiahs·

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 messiah

What does messiah mean?

messiah means "any expected deliverer". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in messiah?

messiah has 3 syllables: mes-si-ah. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /məˈsaɪə/.

What is another word for messiah?

Close synonyms include christ. 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 messiah a common word?

messiah 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.