vade mecum

Questions about vade mecum

What does vade mecum mean?

vade mecum means "a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location".

What is another word for vade mecum?

Close synonyms include handbook, enchiridion. 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 vade mecum a common word?

vade mecum 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.