civil rights leader

1. 1.

   a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups

   Synonymscivil rights workercivil rights activist

   Broaderreformer

   Narrowerfreedom riderBondDu BoisEversFarmerJacksonKingMalcolm XMeredithParks

Questions about civil rights leader

What does civil rights leader mean?

civil rights leader means "a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups".

What is another word for civil rights leader?

Close synonyms include civil rights worker, civil rights activist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is civil rights leader a common word?

civil rights leader is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.