Synonyms of proselytize

proselytize

verb

ˈprä-s(ə-)lə-ˌtīz 

as in to convert

to persuade to change to one's religious faith

the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convert
• influence
• proselyte
• propagate
• missionize
• brainwash
• sway

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissuade
• secularize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proselytize

The National Federation of Federal Employees and several individual USDA employees sued the department on May 13, alleging that Secretary Brooke Rollins has illegally proselytized workers. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 May 2026

Opponents have argued that hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms proselytizes to students and amounts to religious indoctrination by the government. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

But evangelical churches have proselytized in the region for two centuries. — Febe Armanios, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2026

For the other Massachusetts millenials out there, Bertucci’s (and those of us who proselytize it) did get a shoutout. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Apr. 2026

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