PROSELYTIZERS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

proselytizers

noun

plural of proselytizer

as in missionaries

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Noun

The organization drew international attention in 2021, when 17 of its missionaries were kidnapped on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince by the 400 Mawozo gang.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Visiting missionaries fill tribal members’ gas tanks and replace their sagging roofs.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of missionaries

Noun

Breitbart has also published an article skewering Hamilton for suggesting that adherents of other religions might get to Heaven.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Its adherents believe that the relentless pursuit of maximizing individual freedom and rights has come at the cost of community, religion, and traditional norms.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of adherents

Noun

The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 4,000 in Iraq, and more than 50,000 were wounded between the two conflicts.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
And indeed, if, like Grossman, a correspondent is committed to telling the story of people at war, soldiers are essential actors in any conflict.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

Bethsaida, close to Jesus' ministry in Capernaum, was once the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of apostles

Noun

Newsom and other governors have repeatedly denied parole to his closest acolytes, though an appeals court overturned Newsom’s veto of the release of Leslie Van Houten in 2023.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of acolytes

Noun

Jesus and his disciples encountered many instances of chaos but remained untouched by them.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
The show lures corporate sponsors to the marketing mecca, where brands hope to convert experience seekers into true believers, eventually disciples.

— Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of disciples

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