Synonyms for campaign
kæmˈpeɪncam·paign

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1. political campaign, campaign, runnoun

   a race between candidates for elective office

   "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"

   Synonyms:
   hunting expedition, running game, electioneering, ladder, discharge, streak, safari, political campaign, rill, running play, crusade, drive, effort, candidature, ravel, movement, footrace, foot race, test, rivulet, run, tally, cause, trial, candidacy, military campaign, outpouring, runnel, streamlet, campaigning, running

2. campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effortnoun

   a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

   "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

   Synonyms:
   political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit

3. campaign, military campaignnoun

   several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

   Synonyms:
   military campaign, run, political campaign, movement, cause, crusade, drive, effort, safari, hunting expedition

4. campaign, hunting expedition, safariverb

   an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

   Synonyms:
   military campaign, run, political campaign, movement, cause, crusade, drive, effort, safari, hunting expedition

5. campaign, runverb

   run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

   "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

   Synonyms:
   fight, course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, turn tail, melt down, range, run, press, function, lead, lam, flow, agitate, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, crusade, play, die hard, race, pass, run for, black market, be given, persist, incline, ladder, draw, hightail it, push, prevail, tend, take the field, escape, guide, ply, melt

6. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

   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

   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

   Synonyms:
   fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour

7. campaign, take the fieldverb

   go on a campaign; go off to war

   Synonyms:
   run, take the field, press, push, fight, crusade, agitate

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1. operation

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "campaign":

   campaigning, campaigns, countryside, campagne, movement, campaña, campagna, field, drive, fight, season, movements, campania, sports, crusade, struggle, map, crackdown, activities, icbl

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How to use campaign in a sentence?

1. Mr Banks:

   I am a United Kingdom taxpayer and I funded the referendum campaign with my own funds.

2. Senator Amy Klobuchar:

   We have beaten the odds every step of the way, because of you, we are taking this campaign to Nevada. We are going to South Carolina. And we are taking this message of unity to the country.

3. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   In 30 seconds, he offended gays, he offended women, he offended 18 million people and he offended one of the largest congressional delegations in the country, you can't govern like that. You can't win a campaign like that. And he's getting worst and the discussion is only degenerating.

4. Linda Ong:

   These apps are a volume play, the prices are so low that fans don’t even blink, which turns each of them into a potential evangelist for more, provided the experience is rewarding. Every time someone uses them, it’s like a free marketing campaign to all of their followers and friends.

5. William Barr:

   The inspector general's report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a United States presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken.