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| Main Entry: | campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to win; attack |
| Synonyms: | crusade, drive, expedition, fight, movement, offensive, operation, push, warfare |
| Main Entry: | campaign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to win political election |
| Synonyms: | agitate, barnstorm, canvass, contest, crusade, lobby, mend fences*, press the flesh*, run, stand for, stump*, tour, contend for, electioneer, go to grass roots, hit the trail, muckrake, mudsling, politick, ring doorbells, run for, shake hands and kiss babies, solicit votes, whistle-stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canvass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poll; discuss issues |
| Synonyms: | agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, consult, debate, dispute, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate, check over, electioneer |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excursion |
| Synonyms: | adventure, beat, campaign, caravan, circuit, constitutional, course, crossing, drive, expedition, exploration, hike, itinerary, jaunt, junket, march, migration, odyssey, outing, passage, patrol, peregrination, pilgrimage, progress, promenade, quest, ramble, range, roaming, round, route, run, safari, sally, saunter, sojourn, stroll, survey, tour, tramp, transit, transmigration, travel, traveling, traverse, trek, trip, vagrancy, venture, visit, voyage, wandering, wayfaring, airing, vagabondage |
| Main Entry: | tactics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strategy |
| Synonyms: | approach, campaign, course, defense, device, disposition, line, maneuver, means, method, move, plan, ploy, policy, procedure, red tape*, scheme, stratagem, system, tack, technique, trick, way, channels, generalship, maneuvering, plan of attack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | barnstorm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tour |
| Synonyms: | campaign, canvass, travel, troupe, go on tour |
| Main Entry: | organized movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group pushing an issue |
| Synonyms: | campaign, crusade, drive, lobby, popular front, grassroots movement |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
| Synonyms: | action, assault, attack, barrage, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare, blitzkreig, significant contact |
| Antonyms: | truce |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier*, follow through*, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work, ballgame, big idea, biggie, pet project |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expedition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey; people on a journey |
| Synonyms: | campaign, caravan, cavalcade, company, crew, crowd, cruise, crusade, enterprise, excursion, exploration, fleet, jaunt, junket, mission, outing, party, patrol, peregrination, picnic, posse, quest, safari, squadron, swing, team, tour, travel, trek, trip, undertaking, voyage, entrada, explorers, travellers, voyagers, wayfarers |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | struggle |
| Synonyms: | agitation, campaign, clash, conflict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, strife |
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