Synonyms of crusades

crusades

noun

plural of crusade

as in campaigns

a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal

a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools

Synonyms & Similar Words

• campaigns
• movements
• initiatives
• causes
• drives
• pushes
• marches
• projects
• juggernauts
• bandwagons
• missions
• actions
• blitzes
• attacks
• bids
• maneuvers
• assaults
• offensives
• enterprises
• undertakings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crusades

During that time, there were five crusades resulting in the deaths of millions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews. — Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026

Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. — Sophia Tareen, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026

Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues, including voting rights, job opportunities, education and health care. — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2026

The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion. — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026

Wyatt advised political figures, sat on business boards, helped lead professional associations and made cultural preservation one of his ongoing crusades. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026

An administration whose Millennial vice president converted to Catholicism just six years ago is pushing explicitly theological policy crusades. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025

Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war. — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025