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

3 senses of david

Sense 1
David, Saint David, St. David -- (patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600))
       INSTANCE OF=> patron saint -- (a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation)

Sense 2
David, Jacques Louis David -- (French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825))
       INSTANCE OF=> painter -- (an artist who paints)

Sense 3
David -- ((Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC))
       INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)