English > crusade: 4 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. |
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| Synonyms | campaign, cause, drive, movement, effort |
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| Narrower | advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz | An organized program of advertisements |
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| anti-war movement | A campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign | The campaign of a candidate to be elected |
| charm campaign | A campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
| consumerism | A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers |
| feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib | The movement aimed at equal rights for women |
| fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort | A campaign to raise money for some cause |
| gay liberation movement, gay lib | The movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression |
| lost cause | A defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable |
| reform | A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices |
| war | A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious |
| youth movement, youth crusade | Political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people |
| Broader | venture | Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
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| Spanish | campaña, causa, cometido, cruzada, empeño, misión, movimiento |
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| Catalan | campanya, causa, moviment |
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| Verbs | crusade | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person |
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