protester
/prəˈtɛstə
/(also protestor)
noun
A person who publicly demonstrates opposition to something; a demonstrator: the decision was hailed by protesters against the closure as a triumph...
- Youngsters in care made a direct plea to protesters opposing a new children's home.
- The protesters say the land has been a play area for generations of children and there is nowhere else for them to go.
- These have recently been installed and protesters claim they have been badly positioned.
Synonyms
objector, opposer, opponent, complainer, dissenter, dissident, rejectionist, nonconformist
rare dissentient
demonstrator, protest marcher, human chain;
striker, mutineer, picket
Rhymes
- nine-pounder
- niner
- ninesome
- nineteen
- nineteenth
- nineteenth century
- nineteenth-centuryism
- nineteenth hole
- nineteenthly
- nineteenth man
- nine tenths
- ninetieth
- nine times out of ten
- nine-to-five
- nine-to-fiver
- ninety
- ninety-day
- ninetyfold
- ninetyish
- ninetyishness
- ninety-nine
- Nineveh
- Ninevite
- nine-year-old
- ning-nong