CAMPAIGNER Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

campaigner

noun

Definition of campaigner

as in candidate

one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award an experienced campaigner who knows that one televised mistake can put an end to one's candidacy

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Recent Examples of campaigner One top awards campaigner says that despite the attempts, the truth usually wins out. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 But labor campaigners said in the statement that their wage demand wasn’t arbitrary. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Lula is renowned as a smart and effective campaigner and still commands a powerful electoral machinery. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 As is widely known, Rowling is merely one of myriad billionaires funding organisations to erase trans people - and concurrently, roll back the social rights gained at enormous cost by dedicated campaigners over the last century and more. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 Days later, Australian democracy campaigner Tran Hiep, who was in Cambodia to meet with other activists of Vietnamese origin, similarly disappeared. — Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is in the fight of her political life, facing a vigorous challenge from City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a savvy campaigner who was until recently a close ally. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Lawler has a reputation as a formidable campaigner, so pundits on both sides of the aisle warn against counting him out, even given the grim political environment for the GOP. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 Rantzen was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023 and went on to become a prominent campaigner for legalizing assisted dying in the UK. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigner

candidate

Noun

After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
But most of the likely Democratic candidates simply don’t agree that a genocide happened in Gaza, and reject the question’s premise.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026