ACTIVIST Synonyms

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• push for something

• speak, plead, or argue in favor of

• one who agitates; a political troublemaker

• a politician who is running for public office

• someone who has won first place in a competition

• someone who fights for a cause

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• holding first place in a contest

• protect or fight for as a champion

• a disputant who advocates reform

• a warrior who engages in a holy war

• a person who cares for persons or property

• a fighter who holds out against attack

• a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught

• someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer

• someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

• a person having a strong liking for something

• someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer

• a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

• someone who enlists workers to join a union

• a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

• devoted to a cause or party

• a fervent and even militant proponent of something

• an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

• a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

• someone who is an active supporter and advocate

• a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• a disputant who advocates reform

• an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel

• a disputant who advocates reform

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose