PROSELYTIZES Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

proselytizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of proselytize

as in converts

to persuade to change to one's religious faith the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive

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Recent Examples of proselytizes Opponents have argued that hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms proselytizes to students and amounts to religious indoctrination by the government. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

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converts

Verb

Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
The first was Skycouch, introduced back in 2011, which converts a row of three economy seats into a flat couch that can be booked solo or shared with a partner or child.

— Chris Dong, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026