messianic

M3E1S1S1I1A1N1I1C3
/ˌmɛsaɪˈænɪk/

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

messianic1

adjectivemessianic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah.

    There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself.

    2019 August 21, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is either trolling everyone or thinks he’s like a god”, in CNN
    1 more example

    Speaking this week, Pope Francis sent a thinly veiled warning about the dangers of “pied piper of Hamelin”-style populists and “messianic clowns”. “There is only one Messiah,” the pope said, without naming Milei.

    2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. not comparableOf, relating to, or resembling messianism.

Messianic2

adjectiveMessianic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of messianic.
nounMessianic (plural Messianics)

plural Messianics

  1. One who follows the religion of Messianic Judaism.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  2. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  3. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  4. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  5. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  6. LatinMessīās
  7. Middle EnglishMessyas
  8. EnglishMessiah
  9. Englishmessianic

From Messiah + -n- + -ic.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مَسِيحَانِيّ
  • مَسِيحَانِيّ (masīḥāniyy)of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Catalan messiànic
  • messiànicof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Czech mesiášský
  • mesiášskýof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Danish messiansk
  • messianskof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Esperanto mesia, maŝiaĥa
  • mesiaof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • maŝiaĥaof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • mesianismaof, relating to, or resembling messianism
  • mesiismaof, relating to, or resembling messianism
Finnish messiaaninen
  • messiaaninenof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
French messianique
  • messianiqueof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
German messianisch, messianisch
  • messianischof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • messianischof, relating to, or resembling messianism
Hebrew מְשִׁיחִי
  • מְשִׁיחִי (m'shikhí)of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Irish meisiasach, meisiasach
  • meisiasachof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • meisiasachof, relating to, or resembling messianism
Norwegian Bokmål messiansk
  • messianskof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Polish mesjański, mesjański
  • mesjańskiof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • mesjańskiof, relating to, or resembling messianism
  • mesjanistycznyof, relating to, or resembling messianism
  • mesjanicznyof, relating to, or resembling messianism
Portuguese messiânico
  • messiânicoof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Russian мессиа́нский, мессиа́нский
  • мессиа́нский (messiánskij)of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • мессиа́нский (messiánskij)of, relating to, or resembling messianism
Spanish mesiánico
  • mesiánicoof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Swedish messiansk
  • messianskof, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
Ukrainian месіа́нський, месіа́нський
  • месіа́нський (mesiánsʹkyj)of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah
  • месіа́нський (mesiánsʹkyj)of, relating to, or resembling messianism
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APA

messianic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messianic

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“messianic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messianic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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