Synonyms for crusade

Most common

campaign · effort · movement · cause

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

indifference, inaction, apathy

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.

   During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.

2. v. 1

   To go on a military crusade.

Related words

Word family

crusader crucial crucifer crucifixion crucify

Forms

Plural

crusades → campaigns, efforts, movements, causes…

Past participle

crusaded
e.g. crusaded → warred, pushed, prest, agitated…

Example sentences

• campaign A national campaign for energy saving is underway.
• effort A little more effort, and you will get on in life.
• pilgrimage You are not really prepared to go on a pilgrimage.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

war¹

4 letters

push¹

5 letters

cause¹, fight¹, press¹, drive¹

6 letters

effort²

7 letters

agitate³

8 letters

campaign², movement²

10 letters

pilgrimage³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (effort² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

croisade

Italiano

crociata

Español

cruzada

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