missionary B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/ UK /ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #12851 Meanings 1 noun One who is sent on a mission. Near-synonym: emissary. 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 noun The missionary position for sexual intercourse. My boyfriend only cums during missionary. 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 Common collocations missionary work Adjective + noun Etymology From mission + -ary. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # missionary **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 12851 ## Meanings 1. One who is sent on a mission. 2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity). 3. The missionary position for sexual intercourse. 4. relating to or connected to a religious mission ## Examples - Near-synonym: emissary. - A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion. - My boyfriend only cums during missionary. ## Derived Forms - antimissionary - missionarily - missionary-linguist - missionarying - missionaryism - missionaryize - missionarylike - missionaryship - nonmissionary - premissionary - unmissionary ## Related Forms - emissary - emission ## Etymology From mission + -ary. ## Topics - Transportation markdown