objector C2+ Topic:People & Society US /əbˈdʒɛktɚ/ UK /əbˈdʒɛktə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something As a conscientious objector, he refused to bear arms in the war. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who expresses... dissenterprotesteropponentcriticresister ↔ Opposites supporterproponentadvocate Word family Related forms objectobjectionobjective Common collocations conscientious objector Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin obiectare ('to throw before, oppose') plus the agent suffix -or; from obicere, from ob- ('against') plus iacere ('to throw'). obicere Latin iacere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # objector **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əbˈdʒɛktɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /əbˈdʒɛktə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something ## Examples - As a conscientious objector, he refused to bear arms in the war. ## Synonyms - dissenter - protester - opponent - critic - resister ## Antonyms - supporter - proponent - advocate ## Related Forms - object - objection - objective ## Roots and Affixes - Root: obicere - Root: iacere ## Etymology From Latin obiectare ('to throw before, oppose') plus the agent suffix -or; from obicere, from ob- ('against') plus iacere ('to throw'). ## AI Etymology Objector is from Latin obiectare ('to throw before, oppose') plus the agent suffix -or; from obicere, from ob- ('against') plus iacere ('to throw'). Important recorded forms include obicere (Latin) and iacere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something. The wider family includes related words such as object, objection, and objective. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown