English

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Etymology

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From counter- +‎ protest.

Noun

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counterprotest (plural counterprotests)

  1. A protest held in opposition to another protest.
    Synonym: counterdemonstration

Verb

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counterprotest (third-person singular simple present counterprotests, present participle counterprotesting, simple past and past participle counterprotested)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To protest in opposition to another protest.
    • 2020 August 26, Elaina Plott, “G.O.P. Women in Arizona Could Decide an Unexpected 2020 Battle”, in The New York Times[1]:
      In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”