anti-war protesters
Marchers against combat
Anti-war protesters are people who publicly oppose military action or armed conflict, typically through demonstrations, marches, or civil disobedience.
The term gained prominence during the Vietnam War era but applies to opposition movements against any war: Anti-war protesters gathered outside the embassy.
The hyphenation varies—antiwar protesters is equally common.
- marchersThose who walk together
- picketPointed fence stake
- placardsSigns carried at demonstrations
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
demonstrators · rally · Vietnam · draft · sit-in · sit-down strike · activist · hippies · riot · tear gas · police brutality · banners · peace sign · megaphone · pacifist · flower power · dissent · resistance
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
anti-war protestershawks
Keen-eyed birds of prey
war hawks · militarists · interventionists · warmongers · jingoists
anti-war protestersmilitary brass
war cabinet · military-industrial complex · war profiteers · soldiers · military personnel
anti-war protesterswar correspondents
Journalists reporting from warzones
protesters, protest, protester, protestor, protestors, protested, protesting, protestation, warred