Synonyms of missioners

missioners

noun

plural of missioner

as in missionaries

a person who is sent especially to a foreign country to do religious work (such as converting people to the religion or ministering to the sick)

The church has a program in which volunteers spend one year abroad as missioners.

Related Words

• missionaries
• priests
• bishops
• monks
• chaplains
• soldiers
• apostles
• pastors
• deacons
• ministers
• friars
• preachers
• clergymen
• ecclesiastics
• evangelists
• students
• churchmen
• religious
• rectors
• clerics
• mendicants
• revivalists
• clericals
• prelates
• divines
• popes
• deaconesses
• archbishops
• monastics
• proselytizers
• padres
• reverends
• priestesses
• abbots
• presbyters
• deans
• oblates
• confessors
• vicars
• diocesans
• clerks
• clergypersons
• parsons
• fathers
• clergywomen
• shepherds
• curates
• curés
• scholars
• advocates
• dominies
• abbés
• loyalists
• protégés
• archpriests
• supporters
• disciples
• Holy Joes
• monsignors
• adherents
• ideologists
• sectarians
• devotees
• champions
• worshippers
• fans
• sky pilots
• pupils
• high priests
• enthusiasts
• cultists
• zealots
• idolaters
• votaries
• acolytes
• high priestesses
• followers
• ideologues
• faithfuls
• admirers
• backers
• converts
• partisans
• liege men
• votarists
• epigones

Dissimilar Words

• traitors
• leaders
• renegades
• defectors
• apostates
• turncoats
• laymen
• laypeople
• seculars
• lectors
• lay readers
• coryphaei

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of missioners

In 1976, the residence was redesigned as a retirement home for church missioners. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 June 2026