1. counterprotest - Noun
2. counterprotest - Verb
counterprotest (plural counterprotests)
A protest held in opposition to another protest.
Synonym: counterdemonstration
counterprotest (third-person singular simple present counterprotests, present participle counterprotesting, simple past and past participle counterprotested)
(transitive, intransitive) To protest in opposition to another protest.
A counterprotest by the group Defenders of Newcastle also took place in the city center with heavy police presence. Source: Internet
But a counterprotest also was planned for the same time and place, Deseret News said, adding that Facebook pages list Salt Lake Antifascist Coalition, Solidarity for Justice, Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement, and Insurgence as event hosts. Source: Internet
I finally clicked through to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster link and saw the Pastafarian pirate counterprotest in Little Rock. Source: Internet
Lane Clemons, 29, a gay Wiregrass native who had organized a –themed counterprotest up at the main road at the Moore rally, didn’t hear what Mathis had done until a day later. Source: Internet
Back the Blue rally and Black Lives Matter counterprotest Saturday morning, the policing agencies were in attendance to patrol the crowds. Source: Internet
He was shot in an area near a police support rally and counterprotest on Saturday. Source: Internet