CANVASSERS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

canvassers

noun

variants also canvasers

plural of canvasser

as in interviewers

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 canvassers One of the canvassers was Mary Simpson, an artist and a writer in Williamsburg who co-leads her building’s tenant union. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 Ring camera footage can capture homeowners confronting porch thieves or political canvassers. — Daniel Lachance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026 Anutin’s support turned many of them into canvassers for Bhumjaithai—an electoral masterstroke, given that Thai elections are often won and lost in these provincial areas, where vote-canvasser networks are all-important. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 The memoirs were a stupendous best-seller, 10,000 door-to-door canvassers selling 325,000 two-volume sets in 1886, earning the general’s widow and children as much as $15 million in today’s dollars. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026 Municipal and county boards of canvassers perform the final verification and certification of races. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Sure enough, two weeks later, Piker flies back to Denver unannounced to give a pep talk to some Kiros canvassers and tag along for last-minute door-knocking. — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026 And canvassers will fan out to discuss affordability issues in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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interviewers

Noun

In Canada, interviewers from the first season will return alongside additional new ones.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
For these polls, interviewers placed more than 480,000 calls to more than 170,000 voters.

— New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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