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
Local campaigners have also expressed concern about potential damage to a culturally and historically significant site inhabited and used by Australia’s Indigenous communities for thousands of years.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Alongside the usual array of politicians, campaigners and athletes, other honorees in the annual new year list included singers Ellie Goulding and Eve Graham, TV chef Marcus Wareing, reality TV presenter Phil Spencer, sports presenter Gabby Logan and soccer commentator Clive Tyldesley.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Abd el-Fattah is an Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner who has been in and out of prison since 2006 for opposing the regimes of Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and for drawing attention to torture and other abuses.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Kirk was a frequent campaigner during Wisconsin elections and spoke at the RNC in Milwaukee.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot supported high-profile activists, such as anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, and campaigned vigorously against animal cruelty, at times threatening to leave France over animal welfare disputes.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Analysts have questioned whether the move will do much to shore up the region's competitiveness in the long run, while campaigners have criticized another potential rollback on the bloc's climate ambitions.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Finding and mobilizing campaigners was one important focus of Mamdani’s engagement online, after all.
—Stuart Soroka, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Neither Anderson nor his star, Leonardo DiCaprio, are known for being intense campaigners; recall that for Killers of the Flower Moon two years ago, Leo seemed relieved to cede the spotlight to co-star Lily Gladstone.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigner
candidate
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Salyer has been perhaps the best candidate at left tackle, having been a starter earlier in his career.—
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The closest candidate is Bucs receiver Emeka Egbuka with 938 and tight end Tyler Warren with 817.—
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“Campaigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigner. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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