noun
Meaning 1
A person who objects to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: objectant
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
objector
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
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General-American: /ˌɑbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 B JH EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a person who dissents from some established policy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dissenter, dissident, protester, contestant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: conscientious objector, CO, nonconformist, recusant, political dissident, NIMBY
History
Etymology
Partly from Latin obiector and partly from object + -or.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: възразяващ (vǎzrazjavašt) — a person who objects
- Indonesian: pemberkeberatan — a person who objects
- Indonesian: penolak — a person who objects
- Irish: agóideoir — a person who objects
- Māori: kaiwhakatūtū — a person who objects
- Māori: kaitāwari — a person who objects
- Polish: oponent — a person who objects
- Polish: oponentka — a person who objects
- Slovak: odporca — a person who objects
Real reading context