Thesaurus results for EVANGELIZE

evangelize

verb

as in to preach

to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity) The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.

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Recent Examples of evangelize Merrill, a former injection drug user who is in recovery, counts herself among the thousands of harm reduction workers nationwide evangelizing a shift away from needles and toward pipes. —

Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026 Ely evangelizes the merits of the program. —

Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026 The writers who loved it, however, described it in the evangelizing tone that would define the Blue Nile’s legacy. —

Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026 Neal Rubin Carrie Klingelsmith evangelizes about hunger anyplace that will let her through the door. —

Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evangelize

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preach

Verb

Pages admits that coaches had preached the value of plate discipline to him for awhile.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Any pastor or priest, politician or podcaster, who charges that the modern children of Israel are anything other than the direct descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the beneficiaries of God’s unbreakable covenant with Israel, Hagee said, is not preaching the word of God.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026