st. john

Questions about st. john

What does st. john mean?

st. john means "(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for st. john?

Close synonyms include John, Saint John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist. 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 st. john a common word?

st. john 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.