simon zelotes

1. 1.

   one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

   SynonymsSimonSt. SimonSimon the ZealotSimon the Canaanite

   BroaderApostlesaint

Questions about simon zelotes

What does simon zelotes mean?

simon zelotes means "one of the twelve Apostles (first century)".

What is another word for simon zelotes?

Close synonyms include Simon, St. Simon, Simon the Zealot, Simon the Canaanite. 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 simon zelotes a common word?

simon zelotes 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.