CRUSADE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRUSADE?

Need another word that means the same as “crusade”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “crusade” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crusade” are: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement, holy war, push, move, struggle, agitate, fight, press, do battle, battle, take up arms, take up the cudgels, work, strive, lobby

Crusade as a Noun

Definitions of "Crusade" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crusade” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A war instigated for alleged religious ends.
• Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
• A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
• A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change.
• Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

Synonyms of "Crusade" as a noun (9 Words)

campaign	A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. He supported populist campaigns.
cause	Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something. I m raising money for good causes.
drive	Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds.
effort	Strenuous physical or mental exertion. In an effort to reduce inflation the government increased interest rates.
holy war	A sacred place of pilgrimage.
move	An act that initiates or advances a process or plan. In this position Karpov had to seal his 41st move.
movement	A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. The labour movement.
push	The force used in pushing. The push of the water on the walls of the tank.
struggle	An energetic attempt to achieve something. The struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her.

Usage Examples of "Crusade" as a noun

• In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople.
• The Albigensian crusades.
• The fanaticism engendered by the Crusades.
• A crusade against crime.

Crusade as a Verb

Definitions of "Crusade" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crusade” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change.
• Go on a crusade; fight a holy war.
• Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.

Synonyms of "Crusade" as a verb (13 Words)

agitate	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Agitate the water to disperse the oil.
battle	Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. They battled over the budget.
campaign	Go on a campaign go off to war. People who campaigned against child labour.
do battle	Proceed or get along.
fight	Fight against or resist strongly. They were fighting over who pays the bill.
lobby	Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue. They insist on their right to lobby Congress.
press	Press from a plastic. I m terribly pressed for time.
push	Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. I m a bit pushed for time at the moment.
strive	Attempt by employing effort. We must strive to secure steady growth.
struggle	Make a strenuous or labored effort. He struggled to get free from the rope.
take up arms	Make a film or photograph of something.
take up the cudgels	Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.
work	Set to or keep at work. The device is designed to go into a special rest state when it s not working.

Usage Examples of "Crusade" as a verb

• He crusaded against gambling in the 1950s.

Associations of "Crusade" (30 Words)

actively	In an active manner. They were actively engaged in supporting the war effort.
activist	A militant reformer. Activist groups around the world are organizing solidarity events.
ambulate	Walk; move about. People who make use of crutches to ambulate.
andantino	A movement or passage marked to be performed andantino. The ominous sadness of the andantino second movement was beautifully paced.
campaign	Go on a campaign go off to war. The campaign to reduce harmful vehicle emissions.
dislodgement	Forced removal from a position of advantage.
downward	Towards a lower place, point, or level. He lay face downward.
drastic	Likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme. Drastic measures.
drive	Have certain properties when driven. The interface can be used to drive a printer.
dynamic	Of or relating to dynamics. A dynamic market.
dynamics	The varying levels of volume of sound in different parts of a musical performance. The dynamics of changing social relations.
gesticulate	Show, express or direct through movement. They were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down.
gesture	Make a gesture. He gestured his dissent at this.
instability	An unstable order. Political and economic instability.
instigation	The verbal act of urging on. The Domesday Survey was compiled at the instigation of William I.
kinetic	Supplying motive force. Modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime.
locomotion	Movement or the ability to move from one place to another. He preferred walking to other forms of locomotion.
motile	(of cells, gametes, and single-celled organisms) capable of motion. Males produce small motile gametes.
motility	Ability to move spontaneously and independently. Gastrointestinal motility.
motion	An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object. Opposition parties tabled a no confidence motion.
movement	A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. A movement to declare war on poverty.
oscillate	Move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm. He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement.
pendulum	Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate between one extreme and another. The pendulum of fashion.
plod	A slow, heavy walk. We plodded back up the hill.
stuck	Caught or fixed. Stuck in the mud.
swing	A seat suspended by ropes or chains on which someone may sit and swing back and forth. This short cut gave her hair new movement and swing.
undulation	The action of moving smoothly up and down. The road follows the undulations of the countryside.
vacillate	Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. The line on the monitor vacillated.
west	Lying towards near or facing the west. The accident happened a mile west of Bowes.
westward	Towards the west. The journey covers eight time zones in a westward direction.