Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb protest

3 senses of protest

Sense 1
protest -- (utter words of protest)
       => complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")

Sense 2
protest, resist, dissent -- (express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country")
       => oppose, controvert, contradict -- (be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion")

Sense 3
protest -- (affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence")
       => affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")