sunni muslim

1. 1.

   a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad

   SynonymsSunniteSunni

   BroaderMuslim

   Part ofSunni

Questions about sunni muslim

What does sunni muslim mean?

sunni muslim means "a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad".

What is another word for sunni muslim?

Close synonyms include Sunnite, Sunni. 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 sunni muslim a common word?

sunni muslim 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.