CRUSADER Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

crusader

noun

krü-ˈsā-dər

Definition of crusader

as in partisan

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause a crusader for improved safety in coal mines

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Recent Examples of crusader The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps. — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026 Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salameh tells NPR those strikes have put important Roman sites and a crusader castle at risk. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 May 2026 Bezos is no right-wing crusader and has traditionally been known as a Democrat who donates to many liberal causes. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026 Discoverer of a vital protein in plant cells, and crusader against malnutrition in India. — Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for crusader

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Noun

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of partisan

Noun

Mali’s junta has accused Algeria of backing local extremist rebels who are linked to the Muslim militant group al-Qaida.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
In that environment, Hezbollah emerged from a network of Shiite Islamist militants, making its dramatic entry into the war by attacking an Israel military base in 1982.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of militant

Noun

But in this case, Kamdang said, Patriot Front members faced no criminal charges and their identities were only revealed when online activists later infiltrated the group and leaked internal records.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 11 July 2026
News of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death ricocheted across the city, galvanizing protesters and triggering a gut-wrenching sense of deja vu for activists across the country.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 July 2026

Definition of activist

Noun

Traditional safety zealot Phil Koopman points out that the public would not accept a system that cuts fatalities by 80% but the remaining ones are all children.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

Definition of zealot

Noun

While advocates for court reporters say humans can still do the job better than machines, the fact that many hearings occur without any official transcript at all has drawn concern from top state officials.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Human rights advocates have also welcomed Jin’s release but cautioned that many members of Zion Church still remain behind bars.

— Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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