Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun john_the_baptist

1 sense of john the baptist

Sense 1
John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist -- ((New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome)
       INSTANCE OF=> hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte -- (one who lives in solitude)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)