Missionary

/ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/

Synonyms for "missionary" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (7)

Related words (12)

Adjective(1 words)
Noun(6 words)
missioneroutreach orientedproponentproselytizerproselytizingreligious outreach

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

11 entries
advocatecampaignerdescriptorinstructormessengeroutreachreligious activityreligious personreligious termreligious workerteacher

More specific

12 entries
activistcatholic missionaryconversion drivecrusaderevangelistic campaignevangelistic outreachmedical missionarymission fieldmissionary activityproselytizing effortprotestant missionaryreformer

Collocations

11 entries
catholic missionaryevangelical missionaryforeign missionarymedical missionarymissionary fieldmissionary organizationmissionary outreachmissionary societymissionary workmissionary zealprotestant missionary

Inflections

3 entries
missionariesmore missionarymost missionary

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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You can give it back whenever you want to as I bought that book for missionary work.

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In 1807, Robert Morrison, the first British Protestant missionary to China arrived in Guangzhou.

Source: tatoeba (898051)

From 1859, Protestant missionaries from America started to arrive, and the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches also became actively involved in missionary work.

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Despite 100 years of missionary effort, the number of native Esperanto speakers is still low enough that each one can be known by name.

Source: tatoeba (1077592)

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