missionary

UK /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/ US /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/

noun 5adj 1

Definitions

noun

One who is sent on a mission.

Near-synonym: emissary

A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).

A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.

A religious messenger.

The missionary position for sexual intercourse.

My boyfriend only cums during missionary.

Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

adj

Relating to a (religious) mission.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

foreign

pioneer

evangelical, medical

Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Jesuit, Protestant

VERB + MISSIONARY

work as

send (sb as)

The organization decided to send her as a missionary to help communities in Africa.

pray for

MISSIONARY + NOUN

work

zeal

Sarah approached the charity fundraiser with missionary zeal, determined to help as many families as possible.

PREP

as a ~

My grandmother worked as a missionary in South America for most of her adult life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charita

missioner

adjective — relating to or connected to a religious mission

missional

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonym: emissary

Wiktionary

A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.

Wiktionary

My boyfriend only cums during missionary.

Wiktionary

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

Tatoeba · #326859

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

Tatoeba · #898051

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

Tatoeba · #1077592

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, missionary is marked as derogatory, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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