Overview of noun saint

The noun saint has 3 senses

• saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)


• saint, holy man, holy person, angel -- (person of exceptional holiness)


• ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch -- (model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal)

Overview of verb saint

The verb saint has 2 senses

• enshrine, saint -- (hold sacred)


• canonize, canonise, saint -- (declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized")