missionary

1. 1.

   relating to or connected to a religious mission

   Synonymsmissional

Other forms of missionary

plural

missionaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about missionary

What does missionary mean?

missionary means "someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in missionary?

missionary has 4 syllables: mis-sio-nar-y. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪʃəˌnɛɹi/.

What is another word for missionary?

Close synonyms include missioner, missional. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is missionary a common word?

missionary is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with missionary?

41 words rhyme with missionary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.