missionary
Syllables: mis·sion·aryUK/ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ//ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
missionary noun: one who is sent on a mission.
Noun
missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)
- One who is sent on a mission.
- Near-synonym: emissary
- Synonyms:
- 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.
Adjective
missionary (not comparable)
- Relating to a (religious) mission.
missionary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
missionary in Hindi
- person traveling to spread a religion
- धर्मप्रचारक dharmapracārak, धर्म-प्रचारक dharm-pracārak, मिशनरी miśanrī
missionary in Tamil
- மறைப்பணியாளர், சமயப்பரப்பாளர்
missionary in Urdu
- person traveling to spread a religion
- مُبَلِّغ muballiġ, مُرَبّی murabbī, مِشْنَری miśnarī
missionary in Bengali
- person traveling to spread a religion
- ধর্মপ্রচারক dhormoprocarok
More languagesFewer languages
- missionary in Malayalam
- മിഷനറി
- missionary in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಪುಗ
- missionary in Pashto
- مبلغ mobaléǧ
- missionary in Tagalog
- misyonero
- missionary in Arabic
- مُبَشِّر mubaššir, مُنَصِّر munaṣṣir, مُبَلِّغ muballiḡ
- missionary in Malay
- mubaligh
- missionary in Indonesian
- misionaris
- missionary in Thai
- มิชชันนารี, หมอสอนศาสนา
- missionary in Vietnamese
- người truyền giáo, cha truyền đạo
Examples of missionary in a sentence
- The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
- I prefer missionary 'cause hitting it from the back feels so impersonal.
- She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
Synonyms of missionary
Forms of missionary
| plural | missionaries |
|---|
Origin of missionary
From mission + -ary.
Words formed from missionary
Phrases with missionary
Questions about missionary
- What does missionary mean?
- Missionary means one who is sent on a mission.
- What is missionary in Hindi?
- Missionary in Hindi is धर्मप्रचारक (dharmapracārak), धर्म-प्रचारक (dharm-pracārak), मिशनरी (miśanrī). See Missionary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is missionary?
- Missionary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce missionary?
- Missionary is pronounced /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/ (US).
- What is the plural of missionary?
- The plural of missionary is missionaries.
Words near missionary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: missionary (page history and authors); missionary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); missionary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); missionary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-missionary.ogg.
Cite this entry: “missionary.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/missionary. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.