proselytizes
Actively recruits believers
Proselytizes means to attempt to convert someone to a religion, belief system, or cause.
The word often carries a negative connotation of pushy or unwelcome recruitment: He proselytizes for veganism at every dinner party.
Originally religious in context, it now applies to any zealous advocacy: tech evangelists proselytizing for the latest platform.
Those who switched faiths
- evangelizesActively promotes beliefs
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- preachesDelivers religious discourse
- baptizesInitiates through sacred rite
disciples · salvation · gospel · testifies · witnesses · sermonizes · revivals · crusades
Those who support causes
- propagandizesSpreads biased information systematically
- indoctrinatesImplants fixed beliefs systematically
- recruitsNewly joined members
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
manifesto · ideology · converts · persuades · activism · zealotry · followers · movement
Throws or proposals
- promotesAdvocates or elevates
- endorsesGives public support to
- sellsTransfers for payment
- marketsTrade gathering places
recruits · testimonials · influencers · brand · ambassadors · converts · customers · subscribers
converts
Those who switched faiths
- evangelizesActively promotes beliefs
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- preachesDelivers religious discourse
baptizes · disciples · salvation · gospel · testifies · witnesses · sermonizes · revivals · crusades · apostles
advocates
Those who support causes
- propagandizesSpreads biased information systematically
- indoctrinatesImplants fixed beliefs systematically
- recruitsNewly joined members
campaigns · manifesto · ideology · converts · persuades · activism · zealotry · followers · movement · cause
pitches
Throws or proposals
markets · recruits · testimonials · influencers · brand · ambassadors · converts · customers · subscribers · loyalty
proselytizesrenounces
Formally rejects or abandons
backslides · lapses · doubts · tolerates · accepts
proselytizeslistens
Perceives sound attentively
bites one's tongue · absorbs · receives · inquires · keeps to oneself
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