thaddaeus

Questions about thaddaeus

What does thaddaeus mean?

thaddaeus means "(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless".

How many syllables are in thaddaeus?

thaddaeus has 4 syllables: thad-da-e-us. The stress falls on "da".

What is another word for thaddaeus?

Close synonyms include Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas. 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 thaddaeus a common word?

thaddaeus 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.