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 During the second protester’s interruptions, Vance stressed the difference between Democrats and Republicans on issues such as policing and education. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 The brand also saw a higher rate of social mentions on X (Twitter) and an influx of comments on Instagram, surrounding the PETA incident involving CFDA chief executive officer Steven Kolb and a protester. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Dylan Kupsh, 27, emerged as a vocal UCLA protester and an outlier in the campus movement. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Pretti was using his phone to record immigration agents when officers violently shoved a protester towards him, video showed. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Printed and mounted on pieces cardstock were photos of protester’s family members and immigration records which could be found at the archive. — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 Shortly after noon that day, 17-year-old Víctor Hugo Daza, an unarmed protester, was fatally shot near Cochabamba’s central plaza by an army captain firing live rounds into the crowd. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 Luk recalls seeing reports about a teenage protester and wondering why there couldn’t be a patron saint for protest, and what the origin story of a new saint might look like. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026 Driscoll and others involved in the mission worried that something far less dramatic could derail it, such as an accidental weapon discharge, an isolated confrontation with a protester or a guardsman caught on camera behaving poorly. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The transition from the current demonstrator to a passenger-carrying aircraft will therefore require several additional stages.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
This will be followed by the A2 demonstrator that will upgrade performance and include actual weapons by 2030.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 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

The incident came as agitators against immigration adopt a confrontational new tactic of trying to stop the boats landing on England’s shores, clashing with police and rescue workers in the process.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Among the agitators were the workers at Sytin’s Moscow publishing house.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 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

One was a $750,000 donation to the California Republican Party and the other a $100,000 check to Reform California, the political organization run by firebrand conservative Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-Valley Center.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Mélenchon, 75, a veteran anti-capitalist firebrand, finished third in the 2022 presidential election and fourth in both 2017 and 2012.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of firebrand

Noun

Some of Abiy’s critics now see him as a provocateur whose actions could lead to hostilities in the Horn of Africa.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Linnetz relishes in his identity as a provocateur, a detail about him which has, in fact, produced more viral moments in five years than most people have in their entire career as a designer.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of provocateur

Noun

The country is in a fix about as bad as any demagogue is likely to put it in.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
This included understanding the history of democratic ideas and practical governance, as well as the need to protect minority groups and the dangers posed by demagogues.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of demagogue

Noun

Messina Touring Group, the promoter, said that Kraft — a friend of Sheeran — would not allow the tour to play his venues if Macklemore remained on the bill.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Two vocal supporters of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra filed a formal campaign finance complaint against his rival, Steve Hilton, on Tuesday over the Republican campaign’s use of paid online promoters.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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