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

3 senses of benedict

Sense 1
Benedict, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton -- (United States anthropologist (1887-1948))
       INSTANCE OF=> anthropologist -- (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

Sense 2
Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict -- (Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 3
benedick, benedict -- (a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor))
       => husband, hubby, married man -- (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)