Synonyms for Apostle
əˈpɒs əlapos·tle

Princeton's WordNet

1. apostlenoun

   an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform

   "an apostle of revolution"

2. Apostle, Apostelic Fathernoun

   any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people

3. Apostlenoun

   (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel

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1. • Christian
   • Believer
   • Disciple

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1. apostlenoun

   Synonyms:
   messenger, missionary

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1. List of paraphrases for "apostle":

   disciple

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1. Kahlil Gibran:

   God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them.

2. George Christoph Lichtenberg:

   A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.

3. Mike Huckabee:

   I ’m not going to try and suggest that Donald Trump is in any way the reincarnation of the Apostle Paul, but Donald Trump’s been very open to not only dialogue with – but listen to and understand where many people in the faith community are coming from.

4. Stephen Colbert:

   Now usually for me to talk about a news story on this show, especially a tragic one, it has to be something that everybody's already talking about... But this story is different, because this is the conversation everyone should be having, i would cite Stephen Colbert to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.

5. Russell Moore:

   Billy Graham was, in my view, the most important evangelist since the Apostle Paul. Billy Graham preached Christ, not himself, not politics, not prosperity, what Billy Graham taught us is all summed up in the invitation hymn sing at Billy Graham crusades across the nation : ‘ Just as I am, without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me, ’.