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Spell Bee Word: Apostle


What does apostle mean?

Word: Apostle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Apostle means a person who strongly supports an idea or cause and spreads it; also one of the twelve close followers of Jesus.

Synonyms: champion, supporter, disciple

Antonyms: opponent, critic

How do you spell apostle?

Syllables: a - pos - tle

Tricky part: The t is silent: you say a-POS-ul. Students leave out the t or end the word with el.

Watch out for: aposle, apossle, apostel

Memory tip: The t in apostle is silent, as it is in listen: write it even though you never say it.

Apostle in a sentence

Example 1: Our science teacher is an apostle of learning by doing experiments.

Example 2: My uncle is an apostle of healthy eating and grows all his own vegetables.

Example 3: She became an apostle of cycling after selling her car.

Fun Fact

Gandhi has often been called an apostle of non-violence.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The old headmaster was an appostle of clean water and taught every village to boil it.

a) appostle
b) village
c) headmaster
d) boil

Show answer

a) appostle. Apostle starts with a and a single p.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

apostle

a) advocate
b) sceptic
c) rival
d) spectator

Show answer

a) advocate. An advocate argues for a cause, just as an apostle does.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nusance
b) casle
c) apostle
d) bristel

Show answer

c) apostle. Bristle ends in le, castle keeps its silent t, and nuisance has ui after the n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone called an apostle of peace ____.

a) studies the history of peace
b) lives quietly in a library
c) writes poems about nature
d) works hard to spread peace

Show answer

d) works hard to spread peace

2. Which word has a silent t, just like apostle?

a) cattle
b) turtle
c) title
d) castle

Show answer

d) castle

Associated Words

Words that end in -tle: shuttle, chortle, belittle, dismantle, whittle, subtitle

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: champion, disciple, opponent, critic

More words from this list

citation, descendant, explosion, illusion, moreover, procrastinate, subsidy, wholesale

Next steps

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