PICKETER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

picketer

noun

Definition of picketer

as in protester

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One protester attended the demonstration dressed as a character from The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian television series about women in a patriarchal society.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of protester

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The group plans to produce 10 demonstrator fabrics, conduct five quality-improvement trials and publish an open-source spinning procedure.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
The transition from the current demonstrator to a passenger-carrying aircraft will therefore require several additional stages.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of demonstrator

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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

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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

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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

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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

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