Synonyms of missionaries

missionaries

noun

plural of missionary

as in missioners

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 missionaries sent to the island were ultimately unsuccessful in converting the native residents.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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