Thesaurus
missionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of missionary
- The missionaries sent to the island were ultimately unsuccessful in converting the native residents.
apostle, evangelist, proselytizer, soldier
friar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religious
clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverend
churchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe [slang], padre
clergywoman, deaconess, priestess
abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter
abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar
chaplain, confessor, sky pilot
advocate, backer, champion, supporter
ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian
admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot
acolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary
missionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of missionary
- The church organizes missionary trips to a variety of countries.
evangelical (also evangelic)
apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical
churchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
divine, holy, religious, sacramental
conventual, mendicant, monachal, monastic
caliphal, rabbinic (or rabbinical)
clerical, clerkly, ministerial, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal
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See words that rhyme with missionary Dictionary: Definition of missionary Spanish Central: Translation of missionary Nglish: Translation of missionary for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of missionary for Arabic speakers
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