CANVASSER Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

canvasser

noun

variants also canvaser

Definition of canvasser

as in interviewer

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group

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Recent Examples of canvasser The coin, which was flipped by a member of the board of canvassers, landed on tails. — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026 The conversation usually ends with the canvasser asking the other person whether their rating on the issue has moved at all. — Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 For the 23-year-old part-time student and political canvasser, moving out of her mom’s apartment in New Britain and buying an inexpensive car are daunting enough. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026 And canvassers will fan out to discuss affordability issues in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The attorney general's office said charges of forgery, unsworn falsification, public records tampering and violations of state elections and voter registration laws remain pending against six canvassers. — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 In Ellsworth, independent voter Bobbi O’Brien, who has voted for Collins in the past, was gearing up for the busy wedding season in Maine with her catering and events business when a Platner canvasser came to her door last week. — Julia Terruso, Time, 8 June 2026 The studies didn’t test chatbots against more forceful types of persuasion, such as a pamphlet or a human canvasser, Jordan Boyd-Graber, an AI researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved with the research, told me. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025 New Georgia Project canvasser Mardie Hill holds informational door hangers about the upcoming primary election on May 23, 2022, in East Point, Georgia. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 May 2026

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interviewer

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For this poll, interviewers placed more than 92,000 calls to nearly 35,000 voters.

— New York Times, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Over the years, Cohn became one of ESPN's most recognizable personalities, serving as a host, reporter, interviewer, commentator, writer and play-by-play announcer.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

Definition of interviewer

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