campaign

Meanings

• a race between candidates for elective office
  • "I managed his campaign for governor"
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  • "he supported populist campaigns"
• several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
• an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
• 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
• go on a campaign; go off to war

Synonyms

agitate, cause, crusade, drive, effort, fight, hunting expedition, military campaign, movement, political campaign, press, push, run, safari, take the field