saint nicholas

Questions about saint nicholas

What does saint nicholas mean?

saint nicholas means "a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for saint nicholas?

Close synonyms include Nicholas, St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle. 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 saint nicholas a common word?

saint nicholas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.