christ
/kɹaɪst/
christ is the alternative form of Christ.
Proper noun capitalized: Christ
Christ or the Christ (plural Christs)
- The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.
- For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 24:24
- Synonyms:
- Messiah
- A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.
- "But I have seen the Christ. Oh, He was glorious, glorious! Now, good-bye - good-bye!" She backed towards the cabinet and sank into the shadows.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
- Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners.
DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
- A surname.
Noun capitalized: Christ
Christ (plural Christs)
- A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.
Interjection capitalized: Christ
- An expletive.
- Synonyms:
- God, Jesus Christ, wow
Synonyms of christ
Forms of christ
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | christs |
| plural | Christs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Christs |
| alternative abbreviation | X |
| alternative abbreviation | Xt |
Origin of christ
From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.
Words formed from christ
- antichrist
- body of Christ
- brother in Christ
- Chrislam
- Christ Church
- christen
- Christendom
- christening
- Christian
- Christiandom
- Christianese
- Christianise
- Christianity
- Christianize
- Christianophile
- Christianophilia
- Christianophilic
- Christianophobe
- Christianophobia
- Christianophobic
- Christic
- Christicide
- Christ Jesus
- Christ killer
- Christ-killer
- Christkiller
- Christmas
- Christocentric
- Christocentrism
- Christology
- Christ on a bicycle
- Christophile
- Christophilia
- Christophilic
- Christophobe
- Christophobia
- Christophobic
- Christ-worshipper
- Church of Christ
- Disciple of Christ
- Jesus Christ
- Jesus Christ lizard
- Jesus the Christ
- my brother in Christ
- my sibling in Christ
- my sister in Christ
- sister in Christ
- unchristlike
- unchristly
- Vicar of Christ
Phrases with christ
- Christ alive
- Christ Child
- Christ event
- Christ complex
- Christ killers
- Christ almighty
- fool for Christ
- Jesus H. Christ
- Christ complexes
- Christ on a bike
- Christ on a raft
- fools for Christ
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- Vicars of Christ
- Christ on a stick
- sisters in Christ
- brethren in Christ
- brothers in Christ
- Christ on a crutch
- Christ on a cracker
- Christ the Redeemer
- Disciples of Christ
- Jesus Harold Christ
- my sisters in Christ
- my brothers in Christ
- my siblings in Christ
- Vicar of Jesus Christ
- for the love of Christ
- Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
- Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Words that rhyme with christ
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Questions about christ
- What does christ mean?
- Christ means the anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.
- What is christ the alternative form of?
- Christ is the alternative form of Christ.
- What part of speech is christ?
- Christ can be a proper noun, a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce christ?
- Christ is pronounced /kɹaɪst/.
Words near christ in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: christ (page history and authors); Christ (page history and authors). 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.
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