/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of civil rights movement Find synonyms for: Noun1. Civil Rights movement, movement, social movement, frontusage: movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizensWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: profiterole Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language