Antonyms for protest
ˈproʊ tɛst; prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛstprotest

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. protest

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

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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

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

How to use protest in a sentence?

1. Manuel Valls:

   If rioters turn up at each and every protest it's time to ask whether some of these protests are worth it.

2. Steve Hanson:

   Some drivers have done it under protest.

3. Ombudsman Carlos Camargo:

   The crude violence of the last three days, which doesn't stop, is an attack against the right to protest, and therefore authorities have the obligation not only to combat vandalism, but to accompany and guarantee a peaceful protest.

4. Yamelsie Rodriguez:

   We needed to make sure that contractors were not going to get harassed by politicians ... that word would get out, and then we would have protesters outside the construction (site), we've seen it before where they go to contractors' homes and protest in front of their homes.

5. Leonard Vallance:

   They need a good shake and I think they'll get it, i will be lodging a protest vote. It definitely will not be Liberal Party or National Party or Labor Party.

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