Synonyms for protest
ˈproʊ tɛst; prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛstprotest

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1. protestnoun

   Synonyms:
   dissent, protestation, objection

2. protestnoun

   To make a strong objection.

   They lodged a protest with the authorities.

   Synonyms:
   dissent, objection, protestation

3. protestnoun

   To affirm (something).

   We held a protest in front of City Hall.

   Synonyms:
   dissent, objection, protestation

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1. protest

   Acknowledge, admit, and declare refer either to oneself or to others; all the other words refer only to one's own knowledge or action. To avow is to declare boldly and openly, commonly as something one is ready to justify, maintain, or defend. A man acknowledges another's claim or his own promise; he admits an opponent's advantage or his own error; he declares either what he has seen or experienced or what he has received from another; he avers what he is sure of from his own knowledge or consciousness; he gives his assurance as the voucher for what he avouches; he avows openly a belief or intention that he has silently held. Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present. Avow has usually a good sense; what a person avows he at least does not treat as blameworthy, criminal, or shameful; if he did, he would be said to confess it; yet there is always the suggestion that some will be ready to challenge or censure what one avows; as, the clergyman avowed his dissent from the doctrine of his church. Own applies to all things, good or bad, great or small, which one takes as his own. Compare CONFESS; STATE.

   Synonyms:
   admit, aver, avouch, avow, confess, declare, knowledge, own, proclaim, profess, testify, witness

   Antonyms:
   contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, ignore, repudiate

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1. protest

   Synonyms:
   expostulate, remonstrate, denounce, repudiate, deprecate, affirm, aver, assure

   Antonyms:
   acquiesce, coincide, sanction, subscribe, endorse, agree

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1. protest, protestationnoun

   a formal and solemn declaration of objection

   "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"

   Synonyms:
   dissent, objection, protestation

2. protest, objection, dissentnoun

   the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

   Synonyms:
   dissent, remonstrance, remonstration, objection, protestation, expostulation

3. protestverb

   the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval

   "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"

   Synonyms:
   dissent, objection, protestation

4. protestverb

   utter words of protest

   Synonyms:
   resist, dissent

5. protest, resist, dissentverb

   express opposition through action or words

   "dissent to the laws of the country"

   Synonyms:
   baulk, reject, stand, disagree, resist, hold out, fend, withstand, balk, take issue, dissent, jib, stand firm, defy, refuse, differ

6. protestverb

   affirm or avow formally or solemnly

   "The suspect protested his innocence"

   Synonyms:
   resist, dissent

Matched Categories

1. • Assert
   • Complain
   • Objection
   • Oppose
   • Resistance

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1. protestverb

   Synonyms:
   declare (solemnly), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify

2. protestverb

   Synonyms:
   declare (solemnly), assert, affirm

3. protestnoun

   Synonyms:
   declaration (made in a formal manner against something)

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1. List of paraphrases for "protest":

   protests, outcry, protesting, demonstration, invoke, reserve, complain, objection, heckling

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How to use protest in a sentence?

1. President Francois Hollande:

   People have a right to protest but rioting is an offence that will be punished.

2. Palmetto Restaurant owner David McCraw:

   I’m never going back on it as long as they are going to protest.

3. Memphis City Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas:

   We saw a very peaceful and direct sense of protest in the city of Memphis, and I think it’s because maybe we do have faith and hope that the system is going to get it right this time.

4. David Dee:

   The Iranian government needs to end its systemic persecution of women and allow peaceful protest. The United States will continue to voice our support for human rights in Iran and hold those who violate them to account, mahsa Amini was a courageous woman whose death in Morality Police custody was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime’s security forces against its own people.

5. Kisha James:

   I would say that, overall, people have become more aware that there's something wrong with the Thanksgiving myth and that there's this protest that happens every year in Plymouth, and that's reflected in our numbers. The first Is National Day of Mourning was about 150 to 200 people, which was actually pretty good for 1970. Now, we get between 1,500 and 2,000 annually. We also have a live stream so that people from all over the world can watch Is National Day Mourning.