PROTESTOR Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

protester

noun

variants or protestor

Definition of protester

as in demonstrator

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Recent Examples of protester While at the park, he’s caught in a police sweep and counterprotest that turns violent; one protester’s eye is liquefied. — Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 In late May, a video spread across Albanian social media of private security guards dragging a protester across the beach at the wetlands. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026 An anti-Israel protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator in California was sentenced to one year in county jail this week. — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026 According to an incident report from the Greer Police Department, an altercation broke out between an event attendee and a protestor outside the venue. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 June 2026 One [protestor] is standing there at the front, and Kingpin just grabs and hits him. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Law enforcement wearing masks and vests marked with ICE patches were seen pulling protesters out of a crowd and detaining them, with at least one protester dragged across the ground, video from Freedom News TV shows. — Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for protester

Noun

The company said the program builds on its earlier subsonic and supersonic flight-testing work, including the STARLAUNCH 1 demonstrator.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
The demonstrator is currently undergoing final preparations for its first flight in New York.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

Definition of demonstrator

Noun

That would be intolerable in any other setting – not because every voter or marcher is admirable, but because constitutional rights are not based on a government employee’s benevolent opinion.

— George A. Mocsary, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
The corporation’s Senatobia store was closed as marchers protested Friday.

— Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026

Definition of marcher

Noun

Naturally, Cornyn’s increasing role as a White House agitator and swing vote hasn’t gone over well with the MAGA base.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Some of the speculation comes from state workers who are unhappy with the governor’s decision, the moderator said, but the subreddit’s activity also attracts outside agitators who are obviously not government employees.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of agitator

Noun

The process involves a series of hearings in which election judges review signatures one-by-one, and typically requires the objector and the candidate to hire an attorney.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
After a two-year National Service stint as a hospital orderly (thanks to his own conscientious-objector status), Hockney landed at the Royal College of Art, in London, in the fall of 1959.

— Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026

Definition of objector

Noun

The speech that followed created the perception of her as a firebrand, but those who have followed her career closely have found a more circumspect figure.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Widdecombe’s death has shaken British politics, silencing a longtime conservative voice from Parliament and Europe who later became a Reform UK firebrand remembered by friends for personal warmth and sharp humor.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of firebrand

Noun

Music, Fashion, Film is a definite left-turn from the pop provocateur’s recent work, but its earnest blend of cheek and vulnerability is Charli through and through.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
Until, that is, the play’s rather retrograde climax, when the playwright’s provocateur wildness goes limp.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of provocateur

Noun

The Constitution was crafted out of fear — fear of concentrated power, factional dominance, corruption, demagogues, unchecked executives, and the use of public office for personal gain.

— Paul Oestreicher, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2026
But those standards can be easily stretched by demagogues, and a simple majority on the committee is enough to ban a party, though a panel of nine Supreme Court justices can overturn the decision on appeal.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

Definition of demagogue

Noun

But this is a site that’s been fined for deceptive pricing and is not beloved by those who use it, with low customer net-promoter scores.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Joshua was discharged from hospital after two days but earlier this week his promoter Eddie Hearn told the BBC that in the early stages of his recovery, just a slight movement in bed would be excruciating pain for the boxer.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 25 July 2026

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