Synonyms of the word

protest

• v. (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
• v. (transitive) To affirm (something).
• v. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
• v. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
• v. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against…
• n. A formal objection, especially one by a group.
• n. A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.

affirm

• v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
• v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
• v. To support or encourage.
• v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…

assert

• n. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is…
• v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
• v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
• v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
• v. (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1.

aver

• n. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.
• v. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
• v. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
• v. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
• n. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

avow

• v. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess…
• v. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
• v. (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
• n. (obsolete) avowal.

complain

• v. (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
• v. (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
• v. To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

contradict

• v. (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
• v. To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
• v. To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
• v. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

controvert

• v. (transitive) To dispute or argue using reason.
• v. (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.

dissent

• v. (intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
• v. (intransitive) To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
• v. (obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
• n. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
• n. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
• n. (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome…
• n. (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate…

kick

• v. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
• v. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
• v. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
• v. (Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
• v. (slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
• v. To move or push suddenly and violently.
• v. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
• v. (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
• v. (cycling, intransitive) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from…
• n. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
• n. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
• n. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
• n. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
• n. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it…
• n. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
• n. (uncountable and countable) piquancy.
• n. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
• n. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
• n. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
• n. a recoil of a gun.
• n. (informal) pocket.
• n. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
• v. To die.

kvetch

• v. To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
• n. Person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
• n. An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

objection

• n. The act of objecting.
• n. A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed…
• n. (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules…

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

plain

• adj. (now rare, regional) Flat, level.
• adj. Simple.
• adj. Obvious.
• adj. Open.
• adj. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
• adv. (colloquial) Simply.
• n. (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
• n. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
• n. A battlefield.
• n. (obsolete) A plane.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

protestation

• n. a formal solemn objection or other declaration.
• n. (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation…

quetch

• v. Alternative form of quitch.

resist

• v. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
• v. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
• v. (intransitive) To oppose.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
• n. A protective coating or covering.

resistance

• n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
• n. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
• n. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
• n. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance…

swan

• n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
• n. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
• n. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
• v. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

swear

• v. (intransitive, transitive) To take an oath.
• v. (intransitive) To use offensive language.
• n. A swear word.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Heavy.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Top-heavy; too high.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Niggardly.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
• v. (Britain dialectal) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

verify

• v. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
• v. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
• v. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.