Synonyms for picket
ˈpɪk ɪtpick·et

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1. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picketnoun

   a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

   Synonyms:
   piquet, ticker, sentry, pale, scout, observation post, observatory, watch, pathfinder, finder, talent scout, lookout station, guide, outlook, lookout, spotter, observation tower, vigil, lookout man, discoverer, sentinel

2. picketnoun

   a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

3. picketnoun

   a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

4. picketnoun

   a vehicle performing sentinel duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

5. picket, palenoun

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

6. picket, piquetverb

   a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

7. picketverb

   serve as pickets or post pickets

   "picket a business to protest the layoffs"

8. picketverb

   fasten with a picket

   "picket the goat"

Matched Categories

1. • Demonstrate
   • Demonstrator
   • Detachment
   • Fasten
   • Military
   • Military Vehicle
   • Watchman

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1. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   stake, pale

2. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) sentinel (on the outposts), guard, watchman, guardsman, sentry

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1. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   stake, pale, paling, sentry, guard, watchman, sentinel

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1. List of paraphrases for "picket":

   picketing, pitting

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How to use picket in a sentence?

1. The Justice Department:

   I did parade, demonstrate and picket( inside the Capitol). I can't deny that. You have it on video. I'm not gon na contest it.

2. Xochitl Hinojosa:

   While Loyola Marymount University is not a party to the negotiations between Sodexo and Unite Here Local 11,( DNC chairman) Tom Perez would absolutely not cross a picket line and would never expect our candidates to either. We are working with all stakeholders to find an acceptable resolution that meets their needs and is consistent with our values and will enable us to proceed as scheduled with next week's debate.

3. Le Pen:

   Emmanuel Macron was coming here, and he didn't plan on meeting the employees or coming to the picket line, but was going under protection to some room in the Chamber of Commerce to meet two or three hand-picked people.

4. Democrats Rep. Keith Ellison:

   When I'm on picket lines around the country, people tell me they're protesting because they're working harder than ever and still can't make ends meet, the Progressive Caucus stands in solidarity with the working Americans putting in longer hours and seeing smaller paychecks. In the richest nation in the world, no business should be able to pay so little their workers are forced to find second and third jobs to feed their kids.

5. Aimee Bartek-Regnier:

   My white picket fence, my trellis, everything you'd identify my house with was gone, we're just waiting on a picture so that we can have our closure that way. I've known since Friday that our house was gone.