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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protester |
| Synonyms: | agitator, boycotter, disrupter, dissenter, marcher, objector, picketer, radical, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, striker, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | exponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supports, advocates |
| Synonyms: | backer, booster, champion, defender, demonstrator, expositor, expounder, interpreter, partisan, promoter, propagandist, proponent, protagonist, second, seconder, spokesperson, supporter, upholder |
| Main Entry: | firebrand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitator |
| Synonyms: | demonstrator, guerrilla, instigator, malcontent, protester, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionist, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | incendiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who causes fire, trouble |
| Synonyms: | agitator, arsonist, criminal, demagogue, demonstrator, firebrand, insurgent, pyromaniac, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionary, rioter |
| Main Entry: | instructor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who educates |
| Synonyms: | adviser, coach, demonstrator, exponent, guide, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, teacher, trainer, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
| Main Entry: | insurgent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarch, anarchist, demonstrator, frondeur, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, radical, resister, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fights, is aggressive |
| Synonyms: | activist, belligerent, combatant, demonstrator, fighter, objector, partisan, protester, rioter, warrior |
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, bohemian*, demonstrator, different breed, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, misbeliever, night person, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, sectary, separatist, swinger, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | conformist, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who demonstrates for cause |
| Synonyms: | demonstrator, picketer, protester, striker |
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