PICKETER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

picketer

noun

Definition of picketer

as in protester

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Noun

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

Definition of protester

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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
That facility will serve as a one-megawatt commercial demonstrator and provide longer-duration reliability testing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 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

At 6-10 and 250 pounds, Freedom looks like an unfamiliar agitator.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
For several years before the IAU vote, there had been agitators among the astronomical community lobbying for our solar system's nine worlds to become eight, and for Pluto's planetary status to be revoked.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of agitator

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Our reading list spanned the spectrum from GOP strategist Richard Viguerie and evangelical firebrand Francis Schaeffer to academic analysts like Erling Jorstad and George Marsden.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Can Democratic firebrand Angie Nixon win in deep-red Florida?

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 Aug. 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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