Synonyms of the word

activist

• n. One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
• n. One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
• adj. Behaving as an activist.

active

• adj. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed…
• adj. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
• adj. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
• adj. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish,…
• adj. Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
• adj. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
• adj. Brisk; lively.
• adj. Implying or producing rapid action.
• adj. (heading, grammar) About verbs.
• adj. (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than…
• n. A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.

activistic

• adj. Relating to the practice of activism or the behavior and beliefs of activists.

crusader

• n. A person engaged in a crusade.

meliorist

• n. A proponent of meliorism.
• adj. Of or relating to meliorism.
• adj. Supporting the principles of meliorism.

militant

• adj. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
• adj. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative.
• n. (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant.
• n. An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological…
• n. Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyite political view expressed in the newspaper Militant,…

reformer

• n. One who reforms, or who works for reform.
• n. (historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
• n. (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of…
• n. (chemical engineering, petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically…

reformist

• adj. Advocating reform of an institution or body.
• adj. Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary…
• n. One who advocates reform (of an institution).
• n. Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed…
• n. (dated, 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
• n. (dated, 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from…
• n. A member of a reformed religious denomination.