When the term "crusade" is used to refer to a noble quest, the groups who suffered from the original medieval crusades are not happy.
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Crusade
//kɹuːˈseɪd//
Synonyms for "crusade" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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10 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
146 translations across 58 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kruistog noun (military expedition)
- kruistog noun (grand concerted effort)
Albanian
2 entries- kryqëzatë noun (military expedition)
- kryqëzatë noun (grand concerted effort)
Arabic
3 entries- حَرْب صَلِيبِيَّة noun (grand concerted effort)
- حَمْلَة صَلِيبِيَّة noun (military expedition)
- حَمْلَة صَلِيبِيَّة noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Armenian
3 entries- խաչակրաց արշավանք noun (military expedition)
- խաչակրաց արշավանք noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- խաչակրություն noun (military expedition)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Belarusian
2 entries- крыжо́вы пахо́д noun (military expedition)
- крыжо́вы пахо́д noun (grand concerted effort)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кръстоно́сен по́ход noun (military expedition)
- кръстоно́сен по́ход noun (grand concerted effort)
Catalan
3 entries- creuada noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- croada noun (military expedition)
- croada noun (grand concerted effort)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 十字軍 /十字军 noun (grand concerted effort)
- 十字軍東征 /十字军东征 noun (military expedition)
- 十字軍東征 /十字军东征 noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Czech
4 entries- kruciáta noun (military expedition)
- kruciáta noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- křižová výprava noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- křížová výprava noun (military expedition)
Danish
3 entries- korstog noun (military expedition)
- korstog noun (grand concerted effort)
- korstog noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Dutch
4 entries- kruistocht noun (military expedition)
- kruistocht noun (grand concerted effort)
- kruistocht noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- kruisvaart noun (military expedition)
Esperanto
3 entries- kampanjo noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- krucmilito noun (military expedition)
- krucmilito noun (grand concerted effort)
Estonian
3 entries- ristiretk noun (military expedition)
- ristisõda noun (military expedition)
- ristisõda noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Finnish
4 entries- ristiretki noun (military expedition)
- ristiretki noun (grand concerted effort)
- ristiretki noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- kampanjoida verb (to make a grand concerted effort)
French
3 entries- croisade noun (military expedition)
- croisade noun (grand concerted effort)
- croisade noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Galician
1 entries- cruzada noun (military expedition)
Georgian
3 entries- ჯვაროსნობა noun (military expedition)
- ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა noun (military expedition)
- ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
German
4 entries- Feldzug noun (grand concerted effort)
- Kreuzzug noun (military expedition)
- Kreuzzug noun (grand concerted effort)
- Kreuzzug noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Greek
2 entries- σταυροφορία noun (grand concerted effort)
- σταυροφορία noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַסַּע צְלָב noun (military expedition)
- מסע צלב noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Hindi
1 entries- क्रूसयुद्ध noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Hungarian
4 entries- hadjárat noun (grand concerted effort)
- kampány noun (grand concerted effort)
- keresztes hadjárat noun (military expedition)
- kereszteshadjárat noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Icelandic
1 entries- krossferð noun (military expedition)
Ido
1 entries- krucomilito noun (military expedition)
Indonesian
1 entries- Perang Salib noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Italian
2 entries- crociata noun (military expedition)
- crociata noun (grand concerted effort)
Japanese
2 entries- 十字軍 noun (grand concerted effort)
- 十字軍 noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Kazakh
1 entries- крест жорықтары noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Korean
4 entries- 십자군 noun (military expedition)
- 십자군 noun (grand concerted effort)
- 십자군 noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- 십자군 전쟁 noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Lao
2 entries- ຄູເສດ noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- ສົງຄາມຄູເສດ noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Latin
2 entries- Cruciata noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- expeditio sacra noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Latvian
1 entries- krusta karš noun (grand concerted effort)
Macedonian
1 entries- крстоносна војна noun (military expedition)
Malay
1 entries- Perang Salib noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Maltese
2 entries- krusadi noun (grand concerted effort)
- kruċjati noun (grand concerted effort)
Middle Armenian
2 entries- բասաճ noun (military expedition)
- բասաճ noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Norwegian
1 entries- korstog noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- korstog noun (military expedition)
- korstog noun (grand concerted effort)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- korstog noun (grand concerted effort)
- krossferd noun (grand concerted effort)
- krosstog noun (grand concerted effort)
Occitan
1 entries- crosada noun (military expedition)
Persian
1 entries- جنگهای صلیبی noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Polish
4 entries- krucjata noun (military expedition)
- krucjata noun (grand concerted effort)
- krucjata noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- wyprawa krzyżowa noun (military expedition)
Portuguese
3 entries- cruzada noun (military expedition)
- cruzada noun (grand concerted effort)
- cruzada noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Romanian
3 entries- cruciadă noun (military expedition)
- cruciadă noun (grand concerted effort)
- cruciadă noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Russian
3 entries- кресто́вый похо́д noun (military expedition)
- кресто́вый похо́д noun (grand concerted effort)
- кресто́вый похо́д noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Cogadh na Croise noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- križarska vojna noun (military expedition)
- križarski pohod noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- križarski rat noun (military expedition)
- križarski rat noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Slovak
3 entries- križiacka výprava noun (military expedition)
- križiacka výprava noun (grand concerted effort)
- križiak noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Slovene
1 entries- križarska vojna noun (military expedition)
Spanish
3 entries- cruzada noun (military expedition)
- cruzada noun (grand concerted effort)
- cruzada noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Swedish
3 entries- korståg noun (military expedition)
- korståg noun (grand concerted effort)
- korståg noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Tagalog
1 entries- Krusada noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Thai
2 entries- ครูเสด noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- สงครามครูเสด noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Turkish
4 entries- Haçlı Seferi noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- Haçlı Seferleri noun (military expedition)
- haçlılar noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
- mücadele noun (grand concerted effort)
Ukrainian
3 entries- хресто́вий похі́д noun (military expedition)
- хресто́вий похі́д noun (grand concerted effort)
- хресто́вий похі́д noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Thập tự chinh noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Yiddish
1 entries- קרייצצוג noun (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The American government has recently been on a crusade to wipe out drug trafficking.
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Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
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Bush wanted a crusade against Islam.
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