st. thomas

Questions about st. thomas

What does st. thomas mean?

st. thomas means "the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for st. thomas?

Close synonyms include Thomas, Saint Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle, Aquinas. 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. thomas a common word?

st. thomas 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.