demonstrators
Rally crowd members
Demonstrators are people who participate in public protests or marches to express political views or advocate for a cause.
The word emphasizes collective action—you rarely hear of a single demonstrator.
Demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse.
Separately, a demonstrator is someone who shows how something works, as in a product demonstration at a store.
Those publicly opposing something
- marchersThose who walk together
- picketersPeople protesting with signs
- activistsPeople working for causes
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
ralliers · objectors · agitators · strikers · occupiers · sit-in · vigil · chanting
Minimally polite
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- freedomAbsence of constraint
reform · advocacy · lobbying · petition · boycott · solidarity · grassroots · movement
One who moves merchandise
- presenterOne who delivers content
- exhibitorOne who displays publicly
- promoterOne who organizes events
- vendorOne who sells goods
sampler · spokesperson · pitchman · showroom · display · tutorial · infomercial · trade show
protesters
Those publicly opposing something
- marchersThose who walk together
- picketersPeople protesting with signs
- activistsPeople working for causes
dissidents · ralliers · objectors · agitators · strikers · occupiers · sit-in · vigil · chanting · placards
civil
Minimally polite
freedom · reform · advocacy · lobbying · petition · boycott · solidarity · grassroots · movement · coalition
salesperson
One who moves merchandise
vendor · sampler · spokesperson · pitchman · showroom · display · tutorial · infomercial · trade show · kiosk
- protestsprotest, protest march, rallies, mass protest, street protest
- Arab SpringTahrir Square, uprising, Mubarak, protesters, regime change
- Romanian Revolutionhelicopter escape, firing squad, execution, Bucharest, protesters
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- crowdscrowd, horde, mob, throng, multitude
- noisemakersnoisemaker, air horn, bell, buzzer, kazoo
demonstratorsbystanders
People present but uninvolved
onlookers · spectators · observers · passersby · witnesses
demonstratorsriot police
Officers deployed for civil unrest
police · authorities · security forces · law enforcement · counterdemonstrators