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minister

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of minister

1 a person sent on a mission to represent another
  • the British ministers at the international peace conference
Synonyms of minister

agent, ambassador, delegate, emissary, envoy, legate, representative
Words Related to minister

ambassadress

attaché, chargé d'affaires, consul, deputy, diplomat, foreign minister, proxy

apostle, evangelist, missionary

courier, messenger

mouthpiece, spokesperson
2 a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
  • Our minister gives an interesting sermon every week.
Synonyms of minister

clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, preacher, priest, reverend
Words Related to minister

churchman, clergyman, father, padre

clergywoman, deaconess, priestess

abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter

abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar

chaplain, confessor

evangelist, missionary, missioner, missionizer, revivalist

friar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religious

high priest, high priestess
Near Antonyms of minister

lay reader, lector
Antonyms of minister

layman, layperson, secular

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