NOUN | person | protester, dissenter, dissident, objector, contestant | a person who dissents from some established policy |
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person | protester, demonstrator | someone who participates in a public display of group feeling |
Sounds | prow'teh.ster | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A person who dissents from some established policy. | |
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Synonyms | dissenter, dissident, objector, contestant | |
Narrower | NIMBY | someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere |
conscientious objector, CO | One who refuses / refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience | |
nonconformist, recusant | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | |
political dissident | A dissenter from political orthodoxy | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Spanish | contestatario, disidencia, disidente, manifestante, objetante, objetor | |
Catalan | contestatari, dissident, objector | |
Verbs | protest | utter words / words of protest |
protest | express opposition through action or words / words |
Meaning | someone who participates in a public display of group feeling. | |
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Synonym | demonstrator | |
Narrower | counterdemonstrator | someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration |
picket | A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | |
Broader | reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform |
Spanish | manifestante | |
Catalan | manifestant | |
Verbs | protest | utter words / words of protest |
protest | express opposition through action or words / words |
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