Meanings
plural counterprotests
- A protest held in opposition to another protest.
Synonyms: counterdemonstration
present singular third person counterprotests · participle present counterprotesting · participle past counterprotested · past counterprotested
- ambitransitiveTo protest in opposition to another protest.
In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”
2020 August 26, Elaina Plott, “G.O.P. Women in Arizona Could Decide an Unexpected 2020 Battle”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA protest held in opposition to another protest.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Old Frenchcontre-
- Anglo-Normancountre-
- Middle Englishcounter-
- Englishcounter-
- Englishprotest
- Englishcounterprotest
Cite this entry
counterprotest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprotest
“counterprotest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprotest. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterprotest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprotest.
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