Synonyms for picket
ˈpɪk ɪtpick·et

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1. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picketnoun

   a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

   Synonyms:
   piquet, ticker, sentry, pale, scout, observation post, observatory, watch, pathfinder, finder, talent scout, lookout station, guide, outlook, lookout, spotter, observation tower, vigil, lookout man, discoverer, sentinel

2. picketnoun

   a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

3. picketnoun

   a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

4. picketnoun

   a vehicle performing sentinel duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

5. picket, palenoun

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

6. picket, piquetverb

   a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, sentinel, pale, scout

7. picketverb

   serve as pickets or post pickets

   "picket a business to protest the layoffs"

8. picketverb

   fasten with a picket

   "picket the goat"

Matched Categories

1. • Demonstrate
   • Demonstrator
   • Detachment
   • Fasten
   • Military
   • Military Vehicle
   • Watchman

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1. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   stake, pale

2. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) sentinel (on the outposts), guard, watchman, guardsman, sentry

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1. picketnoun

   Synonyms:
   stake, pale, paling, sentry, guard, watchman, sentinel

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1. List of paraphrases for "picket":

   picketing, pitting

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How to use picket in a sentence?

1. Austin Beutner:

   I was asked yesterday by someone why I didn't just join teachers on the picket line, close our schools, and go to Sacramento( to) fight for more funding. Ninety percent of our funding comes from Sacramento, after all. ... It's a fair question, then I thought for a moment about Virgil Middle School and Telfair Elementary School.

2. Xochitl Hinojosa:

   While Loyola Marymount University is not a party to the negotiations between Sodexo and Unite Here Local 11,( DNC chairman) Tom Perez would absolutely not cross a picket line and would never expect our candidates to either. We are working with all stakeholders to find an acceptable resolution that meets their needs and is consistent with our values and will enable us to proceed as scheduled with next week's debate.

3. The Justice Department:

   I did parade, demonstrate and picket( inside the Capitol). I can't deny that. You have it on video. I'm not gon na contest it.

4. The Chicago teachers union:

   Short of some late-breaking change, *all* CTU members will begin working remotely tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27. And if CPS retaliates against members for exercising their right to a safe workplace, *all* CTU members will stop working on Thursday and set up picket lines at their schools.

5. Justice Potter Stewart:

   The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it’s invalid on its face.