Synonyms of canvasser

canvasser

noun

variants also canvaser

as in interviewer

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information

worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviewer
• inquirer
• pollster
• poller
• questioner
• querist
• querier
• asker

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• respondent
• interviewee
• reporter
• responder
• witness
• answerer
• pollee
• informant
• testifier
• replier
• attester

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canvasser

This year, more than 300 canvassers will go through communities to notify New Yorkers of cold weather resources, the city said. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026

In places like Iowa, where voters have not elected a Democratic governor in two decades, Democrat Rob Sand was asking canvassers knocking on doors to help break that streak. — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

After each of those questions, canvassers ask why the number the person chose is right for them. — Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Simpson, whose daughter is in second grade, prepared extensively with her fellow-canvassers on how to discuss certain topics, such as Mamdani’s views on Israel and Palestine. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Ring camera footage can capture homeowners confronting porch thieves or political canvassers. — Daniel Lachance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Anutin’s support turned many of them into canvassers for Bhumjaithai—an electoral masterstroke, given that Thai elections are often won and lost in these provincial areas, where vote-canvasser networks are all-important. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

Just over half of that went to sales agents, who paid their canvassers. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

Municipal and county boards of canvassers perform the final verification and certification of races. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026