Word.ws English Dictionary

archangel

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

archangel noun: a powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

  1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
  2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).
    Synonyms:
    angelica

Proper noun capitalized: Archangel

Archangel

  1. A surname.
  2. (dated) Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
    • We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon.1885, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man From Archangel

archangel meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi and Odia

archangel in Hindi

angel who leads other angels
महादूत mahādūt

archangel in Kannada

ಪ್ರಧಾನ ದೇವದೂತರಾದ

archangel in Punjabi

ਆਰਚੈਂਜਲ

archangel in Odia

ପ୍ରଧାନ ଦେବଦୂତ
More languagesFewer languages
archangel in Tagalog
arkanghel
archangel in Indonesian
malaikat agung
archangel in Persian
فرشتگان مقرب fereštegân-e moqarrab, امشاسپند amšâspand
archangel in Thai
อัครทูตสวรรค์, หัวหน้าทูตสวรรค์

Synonyms of archangel

Forms of archangel

pluralarchangels

Plural of archangel: archangels

Origin of archangel

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- + angel.

Words formed from archangel

Phrases with archangel

Questions about archangel

What does archangel mean?
Archangel means a powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
What is archangel in Hindi?
Archangel in Hindi is महादूत (mahādūt). See Archangel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is archangel?
Archangel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce archangel?
Archangel is pronounced /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/.
What is the plural of archangel?
The plural of archangel is archangels.

Words near archangel in the dictionary

  1. Archambeau
  2. Archambeaus
  3. archamoebid
  4. archamoebids
  5. Archana
  6. archangel
  7. Archangel tar
  8. Archangel tars
  9. archangelic
  10. archangelical
  11. archangelically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: archangel (page history and authors); Archangel (page history and authors); archangel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archangel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archangel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-archangel.wav.

Cite this entry: “archangel.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/archangel. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.