st. nick

Questions about st. nick

What does st. nick mean?

st. nick 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 st. nick?

Close synonyms include Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas. 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. nick a common word?

st. 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.