missionary

B2 Topic:Transportation
US /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/ UK /ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/
noun adj Freq #12851

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    One who is sent on a mission.

    Near-synonym: emissary.

  2. 2
    noun

    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.

  3. 3
    noun

    The missionary position for sexual intercourse.

    My boyfriend only cums during missionary.

  4. 4
    adj

    relating to or connected to a religious mission

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · one who is sent on a mission. emissary
4 adj · relating to or connected to... missional
Word family
Forms missionaryinmissionarying
Derived forms antimissionarymissionarilymissionary-linguistmissionaryingmissionaryismmissionaryizemissionarylikemissionaryshipnonmissionarypremissionaryunmissionary
Related forms emissaryemission

Etymology

From mission + -ary.

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