political campaign

1. 1.

   a race between candidates for elective office

   “I managed his campaign for governor”

   “he is raising money for a Senate run”

   Synonymscampaignrun

   Broaderrace

   Narrowergovernor's racesenate campaign
2. 2.

   the campaign of a candidate to be elected

   Synonymscampaigningcandidacycandidatureelectioneering

   Broadercampaign

   Narrowerfront-porch campaigninghustingswhispering campaignstumping

   Partswhistle-stop tour

Questions about political campaign

What does political campaign mean?

political campaign means "a race between candidates for elective office". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for political campaign?

Close synonyms include campaign, run, campaigning, candidacy, candidature. 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 political campaign a common word?

political campaign 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.