old nick

Questions about old nick

What does old nick mean?

old nick means "(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell".

What is another word for old nick?

Close synonyms include Satan, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter. 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 old nick a common word?

old nick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for old nick come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.