Meanings
messianic1
- 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 CNN1 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 - not comparableOf, relating to, or resembling messianism.
Messianic2
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of messianic.
plural Messianics
- One who follows the religion of Messianic Judaism.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
- Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
- Hebrewמָשַׁח
- Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
- Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
- LatinMessīās
- Middle EnglishMessyas
- EnglishMessiah
- Englishmessianic
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
Cite this entry
messianic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messianic
“messianic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messianic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “messianic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messianic.
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