Christian

Noun

 * 1)  A believer in Christianity.
 * 2)  An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
 * 3)  An individual who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Proper noun

 * 1)  found in England since the twelfth century.
 * 2)  of medieval usage, rare today.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
 * 2) Kind, charitable, or generous.
 * 3) Righteous, ethical or moral.

Adjectives for Christian
sincere; misguided; professing; preeminent; heartfelt; genuine.

Adverbs for Christian
devoutly; sincerely; ardently; fervently; devotedly; faithfully; humbly; meekly; piously; religiously; sanctimoniously; beatifically; joyously; blessedly; reverently; solemnly; benignly; honestly; genuinely; benevolently; mercifully; tolerantly; humanely; charitably; obviously; unmistakably; plainly; evidently; openly; avowedly; professedly.

Synonyms for Christian

 * charitable, helpful, kind, neighborly/neighbourly, sweet

Antonyms for Christian

 * agnostic, atheist, heathen, non-Christian, pagan
 * corrupt, immoral, improper, unjust, savage

Related terms

 * Christ
 * Christianity
 * Christianize
 * small c Christian
 * feminine forms: Christiana, Christina, Christine

Thesaurus
pious, prayerful, principled, proper, proselyte, pure, received, receiver, religionist, religious, reputable, respectable, respectable citizen, reverent, reverential, right, right-minded, righteous, saint, scriptural, seemly, softhearted, solemn, sound, spotless, stainless, standard, sterling, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, textual, theist, theistic, traditional, traditionalistic, true, true Christian, true-blue, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, truster, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, venerational, venerative, virtuous, votary, warm, warmhearted, worshipful, worthy, yeomanly, zealot, accepted, accepter, adoring, affectionate, approved, authentic, authoritative, becoming, befitting, believer, believing, benign, benignant, blameless, brotherly, burgher, canonical, catechumen, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, civilized, clean, communicant, compassionate, conventional, convert, correct, creditable, cultish, cultist, cultistic, customary, daily communicant, decent, devoted, devotee, devotionalist, devout, disciple, done, dutiful, erect, estimable, ethical, evangelical, exemplary citizen, fair, faithful, fanatic, firm, follower, fraternal, full of integrity, good, good Christian, good citizen, good neighbor, gracious, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, literal, loving, manly, moral, neophyte, nice, noble, of the faith, orthodox, orthodoxical, pietist, pietistic, pillar of society,

Etymology
c. 1590, from Christianus:, from  Χριστιανός:, from Χριστός: + -ιανός:; as if.

Noun

 * Arabic: مسيحي, مسيحية, نصراني, نصرانية
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: xristian
 * Bengali: খ্রীষ্টান
 * Bosnian: hrišćanin, kršćanin , hrišćanka , kršćanka
 * Bulgarian: християнин
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ქრისტიანი
 * German:, , Urchrist,  Urchristin
 * Greek:, χριστιανή
 * Ancient:
 * Hebrew: נוצרי, נוצריה
 * Hindi: ईसाई
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 기독교도, 크리스천
 * Kurdish: xirîstî, file,


 * Latin: ,
 * Lithuanian: krikščionis, krikščionė
 * Macedonian: христијанин, христијанка
 * Maltese: Kristjan, Kristjana , Nisrani ((m)), Nisranija ((f))\
 * Manx:
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: creştin, creştină
 * Russian:, христианка, христиане
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хришћанин, хришћанка
 * Roman: hrišćanin, hrišćanka
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak: kresťan, kresťanka
 * Slovene: kristjan, kristjanka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: Mkristo
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: คริสเตียน, คริสต์ศาสนิกชน
 * Turkish: Hristiyan
 * Urdu: عیسائی
 * Vietnamese: người theo đạo Cơ đốc
 * Volapük: kritan,  hikritan,  jikritan,  rukritan,  hirukritan,  jirukritan


 * Bengali: খ্রীষ্টান
 * Luhya:
 * Meru:


 * Swahili: mkristo
 * Swedish: kristen, sann kristen

Proper noun

 * Bulgarian: Кристиан, Христо
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: Χριστιανός
 * Hungarian: Krisztián, Keresztély


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: Krišjānis, Kristiāns
 * Macedonian: Кристијан, Христијан
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: Cristian, Cristina , Cristiana
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: Cristián
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * Armenian: քրիստոնեական (k'ristoneakan)
 * Azeri: xristian
 * Bengali: খ্রীষ্টান
 * Bosnian: hrišćanski, kršćanski
 * Bulgarian: християнски
 * Croatian: kršćanski
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:, chrétienne
 * Georgian: ქრისტიანული
 * German:, urchristlich
 * Greek: χριστιανικός
 * Hebrew: נוצרי (notzry), נוצרית (notzryt)
 * Irish: Críostaíoch
 * Italian:


 * Lithuanian: krikščioniškas, krikščioniška f, n
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: creştin, creştină
 * Russian: (xristianskij)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: хришћански
 * Roman: hrišćanski
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: kresťanský, kresťanská , kresťanské
 * Spanish: cristiana, cristiano
 * Swahili: Kikristo
 * Swedish: kristen, kristlig
 * Turkish: Hristiyan
 * Volapük: kritik, rukritik

Anagrams

 * Christina

Alternative forms

 * Kristian

Proper noun

 * 1)  traditionally popular in Denmark, as the name of ten ruling kings since the fifteenth century.

Related terms

 * variants: Carsten, Chresten, Chris, Christen, Karsten, Kresten, Kristen
 * feminine forms: Christine, Kirstine.

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Christian.

Related terms

 * female given names: Christiane, Christine, Christelle

Related terms

 * Carsten, Karsten
 * feminine forms: Christiane, Christina, Christine.

Alternative forms

 * Kristian

Etymology
From Christianus:.

Proper noun

 * , cognate to in Modern English

Proper noun

 * , an alternative spelling of Kristian.