objector

Noun

Meaning

One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contestant dissident protester dissenter protestant marcher maverick carper challenger hater resister radical opponent opposing revolutionary
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Antonyms

pal optimist approver friend champion associate
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

NIMBY nonconformist recusant co conscientious objector political dissident

Related terms

objection

Phrases with the word

noted conscientious objector

Examples

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. John F. Kennedy

The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along. Clarence Darrow

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns. Harold Pinter

A variety of remarkable documents belonging to a British conscientious objector who was honoured by the French during the Second World War has been discovered. Source: Internet

A newspaper story once described Nader as a "conscientious objector to fashion". citation Nader never married. Source: Internet

Before the appeal tribunal in June, Eddington claimed conscientious objector status, which was not recognized and would have ended his exemption in August 1918. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

objectlessness objectlike objectness objectress objectrix objectsona