zacharias

1. 1.

   a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC

   SynonymsZechariah

   Broaderprophet
2. 2.

   an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity

   SynonymsZechariahBook of Zachariah

   Broaderbook

   Part ofProphetsOld Testament

Other forms of zacharias

plural

zachariases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zacharias

What does zacharias mean?

zacharias means "a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zacharias?

zacharias has 4 syllables: zac-ha-ri-as. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /ˌzækɚˈaɪəs/.

What is another word for zacharias?

Close synonyms include Zechariah, Zechariah, Book of Zachariah. 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 zacharias a common word?

zacharias 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.