objector

noun

Definition of objectornext
1
as in protestor

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2
as in quibbler

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  1. proponent
  2. demonstrator
  3. pessimist
  4. hypochondriac
  5. kicker
Noun
  • Sports Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games Dec. 21, 2024 Klatt is a proponent of starting the college football season a week earlier, with the Army-Navy game as the kickoff event.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, Asche is a big proponent of both for their ability to support the muscles through soreness while reducing inflammation and oxidative stress.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • Thousands of police officers had gathered Friday at the president’s residence, forming a perimeter around the pro-Yoon demonstrators who waved South Korean and American flags and chanted slogans.
    Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • What was supposed to be a protest in which thousands marched from campus to tear down a fence the university had erected to keep out trespassers turned into a heated battle between demonstrators and hundreds of officers, ending with many injured and one dead.
    Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of demonstrator
Noun
  • Even as Ukrainians remained mostly optimistic about their country’s future, the proportion of pessimists had also grown to 28 percent from 19 percent in December 2023.
    Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Challenging pessimists on their investments is somewhat of a cheap shot.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of pessimist
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  • To position Cohn in bed next to Trump, a notorious hypochondriac, highlights their strained relationship as Trump rose and Cohn fell in New York high society.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • They are widely seen as overly anxious hypochondriacs.
    Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
Definition of hypochondriac
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  • All five of these kickers had careers over a decade, thus earning the trust to take these risky attempts.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • That was the first of three game-winning field goals on the final play of games for the Chiefs — each by a different kicker.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of kicker
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