Synonyms of activist

activist

noun

as in supporter

a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society

Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.

political activists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supporter
• protester
• militant
• promoter
• advocate
• demonstrator
• stalwart
• evangelist
• champion
• apostle
• crusader
• protestor
• zealot
• patron
• idealogue
• ideologue
• fanatic
• partisan
• partizan
• backer
• idealist
• true believer
• objector
• dreamer
• picketer
• marcher
• red hot
• visionary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of activist

As part of MicroStrategy’s hot streak this year, activists have been pushing bitcoin investing as an agenda item in shareholder meetings at companies like Microsoft and Amazon. —Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024

Data activist Renée Cummings, at Fortune’s Brainstorm Design event in Macau on Thursday, argued that the core of the issue is data. —Jay Ganglani, Fortune Asia, 6 Dec. 2024

In San Francisco, the band gigged for radical activists, arts spaces, spiritual centers (a Hare Krishna temple, a Zen monastery) and music education. —Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024

One protester, West Virginia resident and trans activist Ash Orr, took his prescribed dose of testosterone outside the steps of the Supreme Court, as the justices heard oral arguments for and against Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. —Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024