Synonyms & related words for missionary

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of missionary. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to missionary

Explore words related to missionary — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include missioner, evangelism, evangelistic, missions, evangelic, proselytizing, evangelization, evangelistically. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does missionary come from?

The word missionary breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root miss-, from Latin mitto (“to send”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.