English noun: messiah | |||
| 1. | messiah (person) any expected deliverer | ||
| Synonyms | christ | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deliverer, rescuer, savior, saviour | ||
| 2. | Messiah (person) Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer | ||
| Instance hypernym | Logos, Son, Word | ||
| 3. | Messiah (person) the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people | ||
| Instance hypernym | king, male monarch, Rex | ||
| 4. | Messiah (communication) an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742 | ||
| Instance hypernym | cantata, oratorio | ||