santa claus

Questions about santa claus

What does santa claus mean?

santa claus means "the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas".

What is another word for santa claus?

Close synonyms include Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick. 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 santa claus a common word?

santa claus 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.