as in recruit
a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect
an adult proselyte who had only recently been baptized
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as in to convert
to persuade to change to one's religious faith
she's been trying to proselyte everyone in the office ever since she joined that church
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Recent Examples of proselyte
James Romm,
WSJ,
17 Dec. 2021
In order to understand this idea, the special relationship between God and the proselyte must be examined.
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Rabbi Avi Weiss,
sun-sentinel.com,
17 May 2021
Kitselman also became a proselyte for the history of Waterford, helping to create educational programming at the town’s Second Street School.
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Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2021
Christian Angermayer is an unlikely proselyte of psychedelia: The German financier didn’t drink so much as a sip of beer for the first three decades of his life.
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Meghana Keshavan,
Scientific American,
9 July 2019
Enter proselytes in acetate eyeglasses and Rosie Pope workwear, drawn by listservs like Brooklynitos and Fort Greene Kids and BoCoCa Moms (BoCoCa being an acronym for three adjacent Brooklyn neighborhoods).
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Sonja Sharp,
latimes.com,
27 June 2018
The authors observe that Yemeni Jews share elevated IBD with other Jewish populations, suggesting more than an indigenous proselyte origin for this community.
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Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Aug. 2012
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2026
Noun
Seneca went on to become a proselyte for the Stoic path, extolling its benefits in a long run of prose essays while also serving—in some eyes, dishonorably—as an adviser to Nero.
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James Romm,
WSJ,
17 Dec. 2021
In order to understand this idea, the special relationship between God and the proselyte must be examined.
—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
sun-sentinel.com,
17 May 2021
Kitselman also became a proselyte for the history of Waterford, helping to create educational programming at the town’s Second Street School.
—
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2021
Christian Angermayer is an unlikely proselyte of psychedelia: The German financier didn’t drink so much as a sip of beer for the first three decades of his life.
—
Meghana Keshavan,
Scientific American,
9 July 2019
Enter proselytes in acetate eyeglasses and Rosie Pope workwear, drawn by listservs like Brooklynitos and Fort Greene Kids and BoCoCa Moms (BoCoCa being an acronym for three adjacent Brooklyn neighborhoods).
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Sonja Sharp,
latimes.com,
27 June 2018
The authors observe that Yemeni Jews share elevated IBD with other Jewish populations, suggesting more than an indigenous proselyte origin for this community.
—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Aug. 2012
Verb
In the last year, non-podcast media and podcast networks eager to capitalize on video to enhance their bottom line have been proselyting for video like telemarketers trying to hawk extended car warranties.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proselyte
Noun
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The sprawling facility cycles through tens of thousands of recruits every year.
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Cunningham, a Texas A&M recruit, broke the single-season school record in every one of those categories.
Verb
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McTominay, whose iconic bicycle kick against Denmark was the defining goal of Scotland’s World Cup qualifying campaign, threatened multiple times past the 80th minute but couldn’t convert.
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That has put a focus on Iran’s stockpile of uranium and its program to convert this naturally occurring element into material that can sustain a nuclear reaction — a process called enrichment.
Noun
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But there’s no denying the global impact the newcomers had on the band, especially Nicks, who would go on to have a successful solo career as well.
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The completion of Gulf State Park’s many recreation areas, trails, and new lodge and cottages have only upped the ante for longtime visitors and newcomers.
Verb
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Ask him to stop sending you videos and other material from his faith and generally stop trying to proselytize you.
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Related Stories For decades, mainstream Hollywood entertainment generally shied away from environmental themes out of concern that audiences would see it as homework, or even worse, as proselytizing.
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“Proselyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselyte. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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