- dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant - a person who dissents from some established policy
--1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--1 has particulars:conscientious objector, CO; nonconformist, recusant; political dissident; NIMBY Derived forms: verb protest2, verb protest1 - demonstrator, protester - someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
--2 is a kind of reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
--2 has particulars: counterdemonstrator; picketDerived forms: verb protest2, verb protest1